Terlingua, Texas
Lajitas Ghost Town
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
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Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Seattle, Washington
Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.
Los Angeles, California
A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona
This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.
Sacramento, California
An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.
Los Angeles, California
Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Bloomington, Indiana
A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.
New Hyde Park, New York
This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Sanborn Township, Michigan
One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Somerset Center, Michigan
This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.
Brooklyn, New York
Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.
Captain Cook, Hawaii
These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.