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Arderis

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The flight cage.

St. Louis, Missouri

1904 World's Fair Flight Cage

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

The geyser was added in place of Eero Saarinen's original plan for a twin arch on the east side of the river
Permanently Closed

East St. Louis, Illinois

Gateway Geyser

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

World's Largest Plant Maze

Wahiawa, Hawaii

World's Largest Plant Maze

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Sand dunes...NOT snow!

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Mission San Juan Capistrano

San Juan Capistrano, California

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Oldest building in California still in use.

Crystal Cathedral, designed by Philip Johnson: Interior, world's third largest organ features 16,000 pipes.

Garden Grove, California

Christ Cathedral (Crystal Cathedral)

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The "Basket" Tree was woven together from six separate sycamore trees.

Gilroy, California

Gilroy Gardens

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Mount Trashmore

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Mount Trashmore

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The Collider Detector at Fermilab.

Batavia, Illinois

Fermilab

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

The man-eaters of Tsavo at the Field Museum, Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Tsavo Man Eaters

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Sponsored By Enjoy Illinois
Meteor Crater

Winslow, Arizona

Meteor Crater

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Grave of Geronimo

Lawton, Oklahoma

Fort Sill

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

Inside the cave

Beckley, West Virginia

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

New River Gorge Bridge

Fayetteville, West Virginia

New River Gorge Bridge

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Mystery Hole

Ansted, West Virginia

Mystery Hole

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Platform 9 3/4

London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Winchester Mystery House, with some of its many doors and windows.

San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Cave-In-Rock

Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Cave-In-Rock

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Sponsored By Enjoy Illinois
Collinsville's catsup bottle

Collinsville, Illinois

World's Largest Catsup Bottle

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Lincoln Tomb

Springfield, Illinois

Lincoln Tomb

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Popeye Character Trail

Chester, Illinois

Popeye Character Trail

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

View from outside the Root Beer Saloon.
Permanently Closed

Alto Pass, Illinois

Root Beer Saloon

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Monks Mound at Cahokia

Collinsville, Illinois

Cahokia Mounds

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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