ORDINARY IS BORING
There are plenty of unique things to see and do in the United States: the country is covered with inexplicably enlarged foodstuffs (think Georgia’s giant peanut, New Mexico’s giant pistachio and California’s giant artichoke); museums dedicated to virtually everything (bad art in Boston, barbed wire in Texas, sex in New York); and a range of specialty stores, hand-built structures and natural curiosities. We’ve put together a few of our favorite American oddities—there’s no rhyme or reason to this list, except that the staffers here at ROVA are fascinated by them, and they’re all part of what makes America such a fun place to explore.
The Sunken City, California
In 1929, a landslide ushered a neighborhood in San Pedro, California, off the edge of
