Leavenworth, Kansas
C.W. Parker Carousel Museum
This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.
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Leavenworth, Kansas
This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.
Cedar Point, Kansas
Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.
Natchez, Mississippi
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.
San Antonio, Texas
Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.
Colgate, Wisconsin
This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.
Topeka, Kansas
A mysterious local has been dressing the child's grave for decades.
Orange, Connecticut
The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
San Antonio, Texas
This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.
Topeka, Kansas
See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.
Livingston, Illinois
Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.
Ormond Beach, Florida
A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.
Peoria, Illinois
This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.
Port Orange, Florida
Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.
Luxor, Egypt
These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
San Antonio, Texas
A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.
Jacksonville, Florida
After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.
San Antonio, Texas
Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.