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Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.