Oakland, California
Watermelon Rock
A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.
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Oakland, California
A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Oakland, California
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.
Krakow, Poland
Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Fort Worth, Texas
Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.
Arlee, Montana
This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.
Lamoille, Nevada
Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Omaha, Nebraska
Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”
Sibley, Iowa
The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Midland, South Dakota
Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Worden, Montana
The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.
LaCrosse, Washington
An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Mountain Home, Idaho
This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.
Ruth, Nevada
Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.