Tombstone, Arizona
Rose Tree Museum
The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.
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Tombstone, Arizona
The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.
West Baden Springs, Indiana
A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.
Phoenix, Arizona
Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.
Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Rutland, Massachusetts
The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.
New York, New York
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
Cave City, Kentucky
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
Henderson, Nevada
Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.
Kaycee, Wyoming
The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
An architecturally-focused antique shop.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.