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The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

A flying saucer has landed for good in the middle of a tiny Canadian town.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.