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Salt Lake City Public Library

Salt Lake City, Utah

Multnomah Falls

Corbett, Oregon

Old Zoo Picnic Area

Los Angeles, California

The Museum of Death

Hollywood, California

Wat Mahathat (Temple of the Great Relic)

Bangkok, Thailand

Salton Sea

Salton, California

Fantastic Caverns

Springfield, Missouri

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Niland, California

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San Luis Obispo, California

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Los Angeles, California

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Kamakura-shi, Japan

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Portland, Oregon

Cabazon Dinosaurs

Cabazon, California

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Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Sunken City

San Pedro, California

Declaration Sculpture

Venice, California

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Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch

Bryman, California

Arizona Cactus Garden

Palo Alto, California

Flintstones Bedrock City

Valle, Arizona

Steve's Weird House

Seattle, Washington

City Museum

St. Louis, Missouri

Burro Schmidt Tunnel

Mojave Dessert, California

Hamilton Pool

Austin, Texas

The Wigwam Motel

Holbrook, Arizona

Hunter S. Thompson Shrine

Aspen, Colorado

Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Healing Center

Zzyzx, California

Pumpkin Spring Pool

Littlefield, Arizona

The Museum of Holography

Chicago, Illinois

The Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California

Walker Rock Garden

Seattle, Washington

Tiki-Ti

Los Angeles, California

World's Largest Shuttlecocks

Kansas City, Missouri

The Bone Room

Berkeley, California

Bunny Museum

Pasadena, California

Noah Purifoy's Outdoor Desert Art Museum

Joshua Tree, California

Madonna Inn

San Luis Obispo, California

International Printing Museum

Carson, California

Stagecoach Inn Museum

Newbury Park, California

Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch

Los Angeles, California

Neon Boneyard

Las Vegas, Nevada

Marsh's Free Museum

Long Beach, Washington

The Kingdom of Boomeria

Bonny Doon, California

The Orange Show

Houston, Texas

Place of Refuge

Kawaihae, Hawaii

TinkerTown

Sandia Park, New Mexico

The Domes

Casa Grande, Arizona

Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia

Burlingame, California

Hicksville Trailer Palace

Joshua Tree, California

Horseshoe Bend

Page, Arizona

Coconino Lava River Cave

Flagstaff, Arizona

Sears Tower Glass Platform

Chicago, Illinois

Space Needle

Seattle, Washington

Hall of Mosses

Forks, Washington

Cadillac Ranch

Amarillo, Texas

Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Los Angeles, California

Clifton's Cafeteria

Los Angeles, California

Musee Mecanique

San Francisco, California

Boothill Cemetery

Tombstone, Arizona

RichArt's Art Yard

Centralia, Washington

Museum of Neon Art

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hollywood, California

International Banana Club Museum

Mecca, California

The Wave Organ

San Francisco, California

Bradbury Building

Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

Los Angeles, California

Gold Bug

Pasadena, California

24-Hour-Sprinkles

Beverly Hills, California

Alcatraz Island - La Isla de los Alcatraces

San Francisco, California

Meteor Crater

Winslow, Arizona

Bodie State Historical Park

Bodie, California

Blue Whale of Catoosa

Catoosa, Oklahoma

Toy Joy

Austin, Texas

Court of Mysteries

Santa Cruz, California

Uncommon Objects

Austin, Texas

Aria Antiques

San Francisco, California

Bridge to Nowhere

Los Angeles, California

Bryce Canyon

Utah

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Utah

The Echo Park Time Travel Mart

Los Angeles, California

Two Guns

Two Guns, Arizona

Santa Monica Camera Obscura

Santa Monica, California

Prada Marfa

Valentine, Texas

Fremont Troll

Seattle, Washington

Loved To Death

San Francisco, California

Necromance

Los Angeles, California

Petersen Automotive Vault

Los Angeles, California

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Watson Lake, Canada

Galleta Meadows Estate

Borrego Springs, California

Cathedral of Junk

Austin, Texas

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