Tromsø, Norway
Polaria
The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.
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Tromsø, Norway
The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.
Tromsø, Norway
This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.
Tromsø, Norway
The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.
Tromsø, Norway
The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname
An old Dutch lightvessel is now stuck in a dock near the mouth of the Suriname River.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Madison, Wisconsin
Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.
Madison, Wisconsin
The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.
Madison, Wisconsin
"Looks so real, it's scary!"
Des Moines, Iowa
This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.
Starkville, Mississippi
Constructed from bricks salvaged from a former dormitory destroyed in a fire.
Jackson, Mississippi
This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Pearl River, Louisiana
Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.
Biloxi, Mississippi
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Lucedale, Mississippi
This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.
Kearney, Nebraska
A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.
Fairplay, Colorado
This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.