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The Baptismal Pool - Fields of the Woods in North Carolina, US
North Carolina, US

Fields of the Woods

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains

Most people have heard of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, but far fewer are familiar with Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson, the Smokey Mountains very own (non-Mormon) 'latter day saint.' Tomlinson went to the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina to... »

Unusual Monuments | Submitted by Anonymous

3D Center of Art and Photography in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

3D Center of Art and Photography

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses

In 1994, the fledgling Cascade Stereoscopic Club began dreaming of a shared space where their passion for the history and art of three-dimensional photography could reach the public... »

Museums and Collections | Submitted by littlebrumble

Buddy Lee doll collection. - Kidd's Toy Museum in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

Kidd's Toy Museum

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence

Frank Kidd began collecting antique toys and banks as an adult, filling his automotive parts office with vehicular toys. Throughout the years his hobby expanded, citing a lack of playthings during his childhood... »

Unique Collections | Submitted by littlebrumble

Pennsic War Campground in Pennsylvania, US
Pennsylvania, US

Pennsic War Campground

A campground becomes a 15000 member/medieval town for 2 weeks every year

It all began rather innocuously in 1966, at a party in a backyard, for a group of graduating medieval studies graduates... »

Cultures and Civilizations | Submitted by Anonymous

Watts Towers in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture

The Watts Towers in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California, are a collection of 17 interconnected structures, two of which reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m)... »

Outsider Architecture | Submitted by Mary Marshall Fowler

Nevada, US

Ingomar Club (Pending editor's review)

1885; beautiful unusual architecture

The Ingomar Club house is a beautiful building built by the Newsom brothers of San Francisco. Photos are available at the web site... »

Architectural Oddities | Submitted by Anonymous

The LASFS sign outside the Burbank Blvd. clubhouse. Photo by Pip R. Lagenta - Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard

Every Thursday night, scores of science fiction and fantasy fans gather for the weekly meeting of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society... »

Strange Science | Submitted by Trevor

Arnett Hartsfield chats with visitors - Museum of African American Firefighters in Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California

Museum of African American Firefighters

Chat with the "Eternal Rookie" at a museum honoring African American Firefighters

The Museum of African American Firefighters is located at old Fire Station 30 in Downtown Los Angeles. The historic fire station was established in 1913 and served as one of two segregated fire stations in LA between 1924 and 1955... »

Unique Collections | Submitted by anhie nguyen

Confusion Hill in Piercy, California
Piercy, California

Confusion Hill

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest

It has been suggested that instead of calling "images that differ from objective reality," optical illusions, they should instead be called "brain fails," which is in effect, exactly what they are. One can experience this strange, and rather delig... »

Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills | Submitted by Anonymous

Crazy Horse Memorial in Crazy Horse Canyon, South Dakota
Crazy Horse Canyon, South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over

When the carving of Mount Rushmore began in 1927, the local Lakota Indians objected loudly. The Black Hills of South Dakota, by treaty, belonged to them... »

Unusual Monuments | Submitted by Anonymous