The odd side of United States.

Evidence-backed unusual places in United States, grouped with maps, original sources and useful geographic context. These are crawlable research records, not an indiscriminate directory: reports without enough depth remain available for exploration but are excluded from search indexing.

Infrastructure · US Geological Survey

The town above a burning mine

Centralia, Pennsylvania

A long-lived underground mine fire altered roads, settlement and population.

Map, evidence and context →Odd boundaries · US Census Bureau

A village with one resident

Monowi, Nebraska

A legally incorporated village persists despite an extraordinary population count.

Map, evidence and context →Odd boundaries · US Census Bureau

The American town reached through Canada

Point Roberts, Washington

A border drawn along the 49th parallel left a US community attached by land only to Canada.

Map, evidence and context →Odd boundaries · US National Park Service

The library on an international border

Derby Line, Vermont

A public building is crossed by the boundary between the United States and Canada.

Map, evidence and context →Heritage · US National Park Service

The sound dome in the desert

Landers, California

A timber dome links experimental architecture, acoustics and desert mythology.

Map, evidence and context →Heritage · US National Park Service

The petrol station shaped like a plane

Powell, Tennessee

Roadside architecture turned a service station into an aeroplane.

Map, evidence and context →Heritage · Library of Congress

The city recorded building by building

New York City, United States

Fire-insurance maps preserve vanished tanks, yards, passages and industrial footprints.

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Hiawatha

United States

ghost town on the Wasatch Plateau in Carbon and Emery counties in Utah, United States

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Avoca

United States

town in Avoca Township, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Territory, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Chisana

United States

human settlement in Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Picher

United States

ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Katalla

United States

human settlement in Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Weston

United States

former unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Dale

United States

human settlement in Highland Grove Township, Minnesota, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Pitt

United States

human settlement in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Lude

United States

human settlement in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Cary

United States

Now extinct community in Harrison Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

West Portal

United States

ghost town in the Wasatch Range in the Uinta National Forest in the Utah County, Utah, United States

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Portsmouth

United States

former fishing and shipping village located on Portsmouth Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Rath City

United States

human settlement in Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, Texas, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Ruddock

United States

human settlement in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States of America

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Thurber

United States

unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States (near the Palo Pinto county line), located 75 miles west of Fort Worth

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Tahlonteeskee

United States

first capital city of the early western Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, United States

Map, evidence and context →GHOST TOWN · Wikidata global places

Glenrio

United States

ghost town in Quay County, New Mexico and Deaf County, Texas in the United States

Map, evidence and context →GEOLOGICAL FORMATION · Wikidata global places

Utica Shale

United States

rock layer of shale underneath the state of New York and in the subsurface in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario

Map, evidence and context →GEOLOGICAL FORMATION · Wikidata global places

Bandelier Tuff

United States

geologic formation exposed in and around the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Allegan meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H5 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 32,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Andover meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 3,200 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Archie meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 5,070 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Ash Creek meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 9,500 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Athens meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A LL6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 265 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Atoka meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 1,384.2 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Aztec meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 2,830 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Bald Mountain meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L4 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 3,700 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Baldwyn meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 345 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Bath meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H4 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 21,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Bath Furnace meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 86,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Battle Mountain meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 2,900 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Baxter meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 611 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Beardsley meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H5 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 16,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Bells meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A C2-ung meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 375 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Benld meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 1,770.5 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Berthoud meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A Eucrite-mmict meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 960 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Bethlehem meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 13.9 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Bishopville meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A Aubrite meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 6,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Black Moshannan Park meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L5 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 705 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Blackwell meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L5 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 2,381 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Blanket meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 5,100 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Bloomington meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A LL6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 67.8 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Bradford Woods meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 762 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Burnwell meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H4-an meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 1,504 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Cabin Creek meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A Iron, IIIAB meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 48,500 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Canon City meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 1,400 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Cape Girardeau meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 2,300 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Castalia meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H5 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 7,300 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Castine meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 94 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Caswell County meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A OC meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 1,360 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Centerville meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H5 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 45.6 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Charlotte meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A Iron, IVA meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 4,300 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Cherokee Springs meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A LL6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 8,400 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Chicora meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A LL6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 303 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Claxton meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 1,455 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Colby (Wisconsin) meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 104,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Coleman meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 469 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Crescent meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A CM2 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 78.4 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Cross Roads meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H5 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 167 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Cumberland Falls meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A Aubrite meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 17,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Cynthiana meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L/LL4 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 6,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Danville meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 2,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Deal meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 28 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Denver meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 230 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Drake Creek meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 5,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Eagle meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A EL6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 10,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Elbert meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A LL6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 680.5 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Estherville meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A Mesosiderite-A3/4 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 320,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Farmington meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L5 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 89,400 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Farmville meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H4 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 56,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Fayetteville meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A H4 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 2,360 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Felix meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A CO3.3 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 3,200 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Ferguson meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A OC meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 220 g.

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