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Historic Oddities

Kiptopeke Concrete Fleet

Cape Charles, Virginia

Nine World War II ships made from concrete sit permanently sunk in Chesapeake Bay, lined up offshore to form one of the strangest breakwaters in America.

Giant Objects

Big Blue Bug

Providence, Rhode Island

A four-thousand-pound termite stretches fifty-eight feet across the roof of a pest-control company, greeting Interstate 95 traffic with six enormous legs and a permanently cheerful blue…

Strange Museums

Wilhelm Reich Museum

Rangeley, Maine

Deep in western Maine, Wilhelm Reich's former laboratory preserves orgone energy accumulators, atmospheric experiments, and the story of a machine he believed could influence the weather.

Haunted Locations

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham preserved an enormous maze of blast furnaces, pipes, towers, and industrial machinery as a public museum.

Roadside Attractions

Serenity Glass Park

Port Allegany, Pennsylvania

Glass-block towers, etched panels, sculptures, planters, trees, animals, and a small translucent castle turn one downtown corner into a monument to the town's glassmaking past.

Curious Landmarks

Rock Eagle Effigy Mound

Eatonton, Georgia

Thousands of quartz rocks form a mysterious prehistoric bird best seen from a stone observation tower.

Roadside Attractions

Geographic Center of North America

Rugby, North Dakota

A 21-foot stone monument declares Rugby the geographic center of North America, even though geologists acknowledge that the continent has no single universally agreed center.

Natural Oddities

Neskowin Ghost Forest

Neskowin, Oregon

Dozens of ancient Sitka spruce stumps emerge from the beach at low tide, revealing the remains of a forest that vanished beneath the Oregon coast centuries…

Natural Oddities

Bruneau Dunes

Bruneau, Idaho

A 470-foot dune rises from an inland basin where opposing winds keep the sand piled in place.

Giant Objects

Dog Bark Park

Cottonwood, Idaho

A two-story beagle towers beside Highway 95, with a smaller wooden dog keeping watch nearby.

Curious Landmarks

Shell Service Station

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

A bright yellow concrete seashell survives from a chain of 1930s gas stations that turned the Shell logo into the entire building.

Natural Oddities

Hālona Blowhole

Honolulu, Hawaii

Ocean swells force spray through an ancient lava tube, turning the rocky coast into a natural geyser.