San Jose, California
Olympic Black Power Statue
A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.
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San Jose, California
A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Lincolnshire, Illinois
This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.
Bruceville, Indiana
A humble homemade ride attracts visitors from around the globe to this small Midwestern town.
Atlanta, Georgia
Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.
Austin, Texas
A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Prospect Hill, North Carolina
A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Coral Gables, Florida
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
Blackville, South Carolina
This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.
Columbia, South Carolina
The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.
Bridgeport Charter Township, Michigan
A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.