Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Tucson, Arizona
The Magical World of George Phar Legler.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Beverly Hills, California
Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.
McLean, Virginia
A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Banning, California
The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.
New York, New York
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
Bear Creek, North Carolina
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.