Dyersville, Iowa
National Farm Toy Museum
The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.
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Dyersville, Iowa
The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.
Kings Park, New York
This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.
Caledonia, Missouri
This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.
Oakland, California
The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.
Brooklyn, New York
One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.
Central City, Colorado
Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.
Pasadena, California
Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.
Hillsborough, California
This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.
Maywood, Illinois
The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.
Brooklyn, New York
New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.
Brooklyn, New York
While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.
Shrewsbury, Vermont
Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?
Boyers, Pennsylvania
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.
Cabin John, Maryland
The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Pensacola, Florida
The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.
Meridian, Mississippi
The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.
Laughlin, Nevada
A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.
New York, New York
New York City's first Modernist house.
Stockton, New Jersey
New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.
Amsterdam, New York
This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.
Fallbrook, California
Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.
Danby, Vermont
The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.
Garden City, Kansas
The 55-pound trichobezoar was removed from the stomach of a cow.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.