Fossilized stumps of a redwood forest, along with the most prolific source of fossil insects in the world. The amazing stumps are on view, and the visitors center has some of the insects on... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by A Facebook user

Left over from the pre-interstate, roadside attraction America, the Wonder Tower was built in 1926. If you come for the view alone, you'll quickly learn that you're in for more. The tower doubles... »

Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

There is a particular brand of Southwestern American weirdness, and it usually involves aliens. Skeptics would point to a self-perpetuating mythology and commercially attractive UFO themed... »

Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Commercial Curiosities, Odd Accommodations, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Shannon and Dylan

The American Alpine Club is where great Alpinists live on forever. The club is chock full of historic archives, gear, and books from the 1500s to the present, all about the history and culture... »

Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

Longtime friend and famous lawman Wyatt Earp had this to say about John Henry "Doc" Holliday: Doc was a dentist not a lawman or an assassin, whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by littlebrumble, larryhuddleston and others

Known for the dwellings of the people who archaeologists once called the "Anasazi," (a derisive Navajo term meaning "ancient enemy") Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County, Colorado, is home... »

Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by wythe

Built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam vet, whose main influences for the Castle are "Vitamin Mary Jane" and Jesus, it is a wonder to behold. Built largely out of beer cans and... »

Outsider Art, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and CPilgrim

Founded in 1893, the Buckhorn Exchange displays antique weapons, hundreds of mounted animal heads and other assorted taxidermy displays upon its bright red walls. In addition to the old-timey... »

Hunting and Taxidermy, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by amberjol

Immediately east of the town of Leadville, is the site of a vast abandoned silver mine. Pocked with all manner of twisted and decaying mining structures the disaster area takes on an immense and... »

Disaster Areas | Edited by littlebrumble

At the age of 15, Jim Bishop dropped out of high school after being told he would "never amount to anything." With the help of his parents Jim saved up and bought himself a two and a half acre... »

Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, burleyque and 3 others