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This 19th century wooden span is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States.

Beginning as a white quartz gravel mine in the early 20th century, it was turned into a Christian-themed tunnel to present the core messages of the faith.

At this leafy estate, one man’s passion for trees grew into Arbor Day.

A small-town Nebraska museum is home to thousands of handmade clown dolls.

The only perennial creek in the Mojave Preserve is also the site of an 1860s fort.

Make a joyful noise with these contrabass chimes.

Every spring brings a colorful tribute to this wizardly actor's most famous role.

The museum displays the life work of the great clown spanning a career of 70 years in movies, television, radio and his paintings.

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.

The buildings around this DePaul University statue create an echo chamber for those standing in the center of the circle.

An antiquarian horologist’s mysterious home in Old Goucher.

A 28-exhibit museum about the history, culture, and oddities of money. Visitors stand in a cash shower, try to crack a vault, and discover what it's like to barter when no money is allowed.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Remnants of a town from a bygone era.

You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.

A scenic natural bridge with a creek running underneath.

This remote river crossing was a popular campground on American westward expansion trails, and a former Pony Express station.

The rockpile was the founding landmark for the town of Gillette, and is now the home of the region's history.

Evanston's historic railroad complex saved this rail town from reaching the "end of the line."

This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.

This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

This rural museum highlights Wyoming's era of trapping and fur trades, and hosts the annual Green River Rendezvous in July.