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Grayling, Michigan
Hartwick Pines Logging Museum
This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.
44.7441, -84.6537
East Lansing, Michigan
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden
The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.
42.7309, -84.4815
Honolulu, Hawaii
Amelia Earhart Memorial Plaque
Hiding in plane sight.
21.2563, -157.8045
Honolulu, Hawaii
The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu
On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.
21.2728, -157.8238
Honolulu, Hawaii
Spitting Caves
A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.
21.2595, -157.7077
Honolulu, Hawaii
Koko Crater Trail
Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.
21.2809, -157.6919
Honolulu, Hawaii
Japanese Fishing Shrine (Umi Mamori Jizo)
A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.
21.2811, -157.6779
Honolulu, Hawaii
Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial
This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.
21.2646, -157.8221
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Fish Ladder Park
An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.
42.9747, -85.6764
Flint, Michigan
Sitdowners Memorial Park
A bronze sculpture dedicated to a historic labor dispute in the U.S. automotive industry.
42.9893, -83.7118
Detroit, Michigan
Baobab Fare
Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.
42.3701, -83.0730
Dyess, Arkansas
Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood Home of Johnny Cash
The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.
35.5977, -90.2449
Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
35.1347, -90.0577
Memphis, Tennessee
Peabody Hotel Duck March
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
35.1427, -90.0518
Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Studio
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
35.1393, -90.0377
Piggott, Arkansas
Hemingway-Pfeiffer House
Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.
36.3856, -90.1998
Hell, Michigan
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
42.4347, -83.9850
South Lyon, Michigan
Witch's Hat Depot
This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.
42.4548, -83.6535
South Lyon, Michigan
Michigan War Dog Memorial
This quaint stretch of road is the final resting place for hundreds of America's four-legged veterans.
42.4759, -83.6138
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