Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
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Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Washington, D.C.
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Alamo, Nevada
If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Calipatria, California
The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Tucson, Arizona
A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Fort Worth, Texas
A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Los Angeles, California
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Goodsprings, Nevada
The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.
Panguitch, Utah
Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.