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An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.