Llano, Texas
Baby Head Cemetery
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
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Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Orlando, Florida
A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.
Orlando, Florida
Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.
St. Augustine, Florida
America's first wax museum opened in 1948.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Culver City, California
A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.
Topanga, California
An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.
El Segundo, California
Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.
Los Angeles, California
Because there's no place like home.
Los Angeles, California
The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"
San Diego, California
Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
San Diego, California
A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.
Sutton, West Virginia
In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.
Miami, Florida
This Miami cemetery holds the remains of two Cuban presidents, a Nicaraguan president, and the senior Desi Arnaz. And it was once the resting place of the crown prince of Spain.
Lexington, Mississippi
The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Yup, that's where the name came from.
Wichita, Kansas
After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.
Sulphur, Oklahoma
Once the smallest park in the national system.
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.