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Raeford, North Carolina

Paraclete XP Skyventure

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.
Austin, Texas

Uncommon Objects

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Glacial Potholes

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Gold Hill, Oregon

Oregon Vortex

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.
Redmond, Oregon

Petersen Rock Garden

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.
Goldendale, Washington

Maryhill Museum and Stonehenge

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Houston, Texas

The Orange Show

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Raleigh, North Carolina

Bain Waterworks Plant

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.
Morristown, New Jersey

Morris Museum

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.
Quemado, New Mexico

The Lightning Field

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Greensboro, North Carolina

Elsewhere Collaborative

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.
Boulder, Colorado

NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock

The clock that sets them all.
Seattle, Washington

The Sloop Tavern

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.
Longmont, Colorado

Dougherty Museum

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.
Gilroy, California

Gilroy Gardens

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Portland, Oregon

Cathedral Park

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
Portland, Oregon

Chocolate Waterfall

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania

Haines Shoe House

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Kernersville, North Carolina

Körner’s Folly

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Marfa, Texas

Marfa Lights

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Canton Avenue

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.
Seattle, Washington

Seattle Underground

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
San Francisco, California

Defenestration

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.