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Dallas, Texas
Public School 972
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Hatteras, North Carolina
Shipwrecked Doritos
The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Giants' on Granville Island Silos
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
Arlington, Virginia
Reagan National Airport Bird Cannon
The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.
Norfolk, Virginia
Cementiscope
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
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Danbury, Connecticut
'Danbury Crowns Them All' Sign
A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."
London, England
The Mayflower Pub
The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.
Invergordon, Scotland
Inchindown Oil Tanks
This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Observatory Library
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
Arvada, Colorado
Cold War Horse
A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Teahouse
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Golden, Colorado
The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Denver, Colorado
Cranmer Park Sundial
This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.
Brookville, Kansas
Mushroom Rock State Park
Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.
Goodland, Kansas
Giant Van Gogh Painting
Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.
Alexandria, Virginia
South Boundary Stone of Washington, DC
America's first federal monument.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Bowman's Hill Tower
This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.
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Allentown, Pennsylvania
The Liberty Bell Hiding Place
The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.
Seneca Falls, New York
When Anthony Met Stanton
This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.
Fort Worth, Texas
Lee Harvey Oswald's Grave
Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.
Washington, D.C.
Sonny Bono Memorial Park
A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.
Baltimore, Maryland
The American Visionary Art Museum
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Baltimore, Maryland
Grave of John Wilkes Booth
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
