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Jonestown Memorial

Oakland, California

Jonestown Memorial

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Names and messages left on the rock by passersby.

Oakland, California

Watermelon Rock

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

Tin Pan Theater

Bend, Oregon

Tin Pan Theater

A small arthouse cinema in Bend, Oregon showing independent films in a tucked away historic alley

Welcome

Axtell, Texas

Branch Davidian Compound

The Branch Davidian compound known as the Mount Carmel Center became the site of one of the most controversial law enforcement operations in U.S. history.

View of the Missing Cabin

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

‘The Missing’ Cabin

What appears to be a historic cabin nestled within Valles Caldera National Preserve is actually part of an abandoned movie set.

Volvo Island

Ottawa, Illinois

Volvo Island

A goofy attempt to generate business for a repair shop turned into one of Ottawa's favorite tourist attractions.

Cowboy Willy

Willits, California

Cowboy Willy

A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.

They were built in 1979.

San Francisco, California

Esmeralda Slide Park

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Cayuga Park

San Francisco, California

Cayuga Park

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Trocadero Clubhouse

San Francisco, California

The Trocadero

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

Well hello.

San Francisco, California

Doggie Diner Head

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Wind Harp

South San Francisco, California

Wind Harp

A large instrument played by the wind.

Hangry Planet

San Bruno, California

Hangry Planet

This place claims to be North America’s first vegan convenience store.

Methuselah Tree (Redwood)

Woodside, California

Methuselah Tree (Redwood)

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

Tafoni Sandstone Monolith

Redwood City, California

Tafoni Sandstone Monolith

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

Photo taken in April 2025

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The Original ‘Backrooms’ Location (John’s Hobbies)

In 2019, an anonymous photo of a windowless room with eerie yellow wallpaper was posted to 4chan from this building, launching 'The Backrooms', one of the internet’s most massive collaborative horror phenomena.

The cat, smart enough to know better, keeps itself perched safely out of the spray.

Mount Vernon, Ohio

South Main Plaza Dog Fountain

A fountain full of 18 bronze-cast dogs, a cat, a pony, some birds, and a mystery apple, all because one guy and his golden retriever saw a photo online.

Bishop Castle

Rye, Colorado

Bishop Castle

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Nepenthes pitcher plants - beautiful killers

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Here's what the shoe looked like when it was Deschwanden's.

Bakersfield, California

Big Shoe Repair

Get your footwear fixed inside a 30-foot-long shoe built by an obsessive cobbler in 1947.

Crane Melon Barn

Santa Rosa, California

Crane Melon Barn

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

These rocks were rubbed smooth by mammoths.

Duncans Mills, California

Mammoth Rubbing Rocks

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

Cakes

Oakland, California

It's All Good Bakery

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

Payson Grotto Pool

Payson, Utah

Payson Grotto

Secluded wading pool with small waterfall and lovely nature.

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