San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
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San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Columbus, Georgia
A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
San Diego, California
Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.
Washington, D.C.
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Panhandle, Texas
The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Point Harbor, North Carolina
The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.
Burlingame, California
A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Belhaven, North Carolina
A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Cleveland, North Carolina
Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.