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Portland, Oregon

International Rose Test Garden

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
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St. Louis, Missouri

Pruitt-Igoe's Remains

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.
Hannah Frishberg Added by Hannah Frishberg
St. Louis, Missouri

Marconnott Mausoleum

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.
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St. Louis, Missouri

Site of Sportsman's Park

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.
Added by lucasstrittmatter
St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Added by kosack
Lumberton, Mississippi

Salmon/Sterling Nuclear Tests Marker

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Matt Smith Added by Matt Smith
Sandy Hook, Mississippi

Smitty's Super Service Station

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.
KenJ Added by KenJ
New Orleans, Louisiana

Abandoned Jazzland

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Laetitia Barbier Added by Laetitia Barbier
Wetumpka, Alabama

Jasmine Hill Gardens & Outdoor Museum

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."
Added by overlycurated
Childersburg, Alabama

Majestic Caverns

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.
Added by pcp2305
Wetumpka, Alabama

Wetumpka Impact Crater

One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.
Added by uhhhh
Carrollton, Alabama

Henry Wells' Lightning Portrait

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Capitol Park

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.
Added by mbaas6
Seale, Alabama

The Museum Of Wonder

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
Added by brookitaspivey
Scottsboro, Alabama

Unclaimed Baggage Center

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.
KaliaK Added by KaliaK
Birmingham, Alabama

'The Storyteller'

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
Added by sbwilloughby8057
Birmingham, Alabama

Heaviest Corner on Earth

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.
Added by simone5678
Dallas, Texas

Dallas Skyspace

See the sky in a new way through this art installation.
Allison Added by Allison
Dallas, Texas

The Texas Woofus

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.
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Holly Grove, Arkansas

Louisiana Purchase State Park

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.
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Hot Springs, Arkansas

Tiny Town

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.
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Little Rock, Arkansas

Billy Bass Adoption Center

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.
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Gurdon, Arkansas

The Gurdon Light

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
St. Petersburg, Florida

James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.
J Ginsberg Added by J Ginsberg