Syracuse, New York
24-Second Shot Clock Monument
This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.
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Syracuse, New York
This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.
Salem, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.
Wallace, Idaho
The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
Geneva, Illinois
This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Forneys Creek, North Carolina
This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.
Asheville, North Carolina
This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
High Point, North Carolina
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Black Canyon City, Arizona
Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.
Vail, Arizona
Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.
Tucson, Arizona
In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Rochester, New York
The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.
Rochester, New York
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Ithaca, New York
A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.
Corning, New York
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
Buffalo, New York
Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.