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Curious Landmarks

Bannerman Castle

Beacon, New York

A ruined castle on a Hudson River island was built to store military surplus.

Roadside Attractions

Mystical Horizons

Bottineau, North Dakota

Pink granite walls, sighting tubes, and a working sundial turn a remote Turtle Mountain overlook into a modern astronomical calendar.

Strange Museums

Ripley’s Ocean City

Ocean City, Maryland

A giant shark appears to crash through the Ocean City Boardwalk building that houses shrunken heads, odd artifacts, strange art, and hundreds of exhibits designed around…

Natural Oddities

Beartown State Park

Renick, West Virginia

Massive sandstone blocks are split by narrow crevices, overhangs, slots, and passageways so dense that the rock formations resemble the streets and buildings of a stone…

Natural Oddities

Mississippi Petrified Forest

Flora, Mississippi

A woodland trail winds among ancient logs transformed into stone millions of years ago.

Historic view of alligators gathered at the Hot Springs alligator farm

Roadside Attractions

Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo

Hot Springs, Arkansas

One of Arkansas's oldest attractions mixes live alligators, a petting zoo, a merman, and Babe Ruth lore.

Giant Objects

Giant Fork

Springfield, Missouri

A 35-foot, 11-ton stainless steel fork rises outside an office building in Springfield, turning a former restaurant sign into a roadside landmark.

Natural Oddities

The Sinks and Rise

Lander, Wyoming

A Wyoming river vanishes underground, takes hours to travel a quarter mile, and returns with more water than entered.

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.

Natural Oddities

Boneyard Beach

Awendaw, South Carolina

Coastal erosion has pushed the Atlantic into a maritime forest, leaving hundreds of dead oaks, cedars, and pines scattered across the sand like the skeletons of…

Natural Oddities

Mushroom Rock State Park

Marquette, Kansas

Wind and water balanced broad sandstone caps on narrow stems, creating a five-acre garden of giant stone mushrooms.

Giant Objects

Albert the Bull

Audubon, Iowa

A 45-ton concrete Hereford with a 15-foot horn span watches over an Iowa park and tells visitors his story.