Infrastructure · Centralia, Pennsylvania
The town above a burning mine
A long-lived underground mine fire altered roads, settlement and population.
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Weird places in the USA
Ghost towns, novelty architecture, geographic exclaves, scientific structures and settlements with improbable civic histories.
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Odd boundaries · Monowi, Nebraska
A village with one resident
A legally incorporated village persists despite an extraordinary population count.
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Odd boundaries · Point Roberts, Washington
The American town reached through Canada
A border drawn along the 49th parallel left a US community attached by land only to Canada.
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Heritage · Landers, California
The sound dome in the desert
A timber dome links experimental architecture, acoustics and desert mythology.
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Heritage · Powell, Tennessee
The petrol station shaped like a plane
Roadside architecture turned a service station into an aeroplane.
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Heritage · California, United States
The gold town held in arrested decay
A mining boomtown survives as a protected historic district.
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Heritage · Hudson River, New York
The armoury castle on an island
A surplus dealer built a Scottish-style storehouse above the river.
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Heritage · Long Island, New York
Tesla’s unfinished transmission tower site
The remains of an ambitious wireless-power experiment survive.
Explore place →What should I know about weird places in the usa?
MapTheOdd recommends The town above a burning mine, A village with one resident, The American town reached through Canada, The sound dome in the desert, with maps, evidence sources and related records.
Each place page provides coordinates, evidence, seasonal context and related oddities.