Fredericksburg, Virginia
Abandoned National Slavery Museum
An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.
South Bend, Indiana
This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.
Milford, New Hampshire
This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.
Monroe, Washington
The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.
Watrous, New Mexico
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Wendover, Utah
A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest of its kind.
Rochester, New York
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Washington, D.C.
These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.
Walker County, Georgia
The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.
Providence, Rhode Island
This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.
Washington, D.C.
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
Cochrane, Wisconsin
Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.
New Haven, Connecticut
Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.
Groom, Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.
Ransom Canyon, Texas
A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.
New York, New York
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
Heavener, Oklahoma
One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.
Nashua, New Hampshire
Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.