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A museum showcasing fossils purportedly proving a 6,000-year-old Earth.

This 1920s mansion in the Outer Banks has some of the best examples of Art Nouveau ornamentations in the United States.

Fans are known to leave tributes to these two brothers, both heavy-metal legends.

This cave column thousands of feet below the earth’s surface is rightly named for one of the most colorful park rangers in history.

This 1863 adobe building is home to one of the oldest operating saloons in the Southwest.

Nine tiny mice sculptures hide in plain sight along Main Street.

Over 30 brightly painted Dala horses roam through ‘Little Sweden.’

More than 100 steam and diesel locomotives bring Colorado’s rail heritage to life.

Between a bike path and the South Platte River sits a piece of modern space history.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

Cemetery officials are finally seeing that the Father of Texas Blues’ grave is kept clean.

A disarmed 40-foot nuclear missile on display outside a North Carolina church.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.

This 19th-century windmill was moved, stone by stone, in the middle of Kansas.

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

This abandoned building with a murky history has been both a school and a prison.

A museum tracing the origins & modern day uses of the classic Scottish tartan, particularly the kilt.

It could once load ships with tons of coal in an hour before its closing in 1952.

Experience the glamour of vintage rail travel as you journey through the historic Secret Valley. 

In a Florida town known for antiques, this painted home became an art attraction and a symbol of love.

A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.

The renowned author spent 22 summers of his early life along the shore of Walloon Lake.