Montreal, Québec
Notre Dame Basilica
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
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Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.