Ikeda, Japan
Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.
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Ikeda, Japan
An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.
Osaka, Japan
Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.
Osaka, Japan
Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.
London, England
Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.
London, England
A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.
London, England
This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.
London, England
At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.
London, England
At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
Mansfield, Ohio
The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Brian Head, Utah
Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.
Mack, Colorado
This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.
Grand Junction, Colorado
This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.
Bailey, Colorado
A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Holbrook, Arizona
Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.
Grants, New Mexico
A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Jasper, Indiana
One man's vision and a labor of love of many.
Granite, Oklahoma
Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.