Edina, Minnesota
Southdale Center Shopping Mall
Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.
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Edina, Minnesota
Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.
Iowa City, Iowa
The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.
Dover Plains, New York
This isolated community does not want you to visit.
Saint Joseph, Michigan
This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Chicago, Illinois
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
Chicago, Illinois
A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Milton, Wisconsin
The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.
Winterset, Iowa
This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.
Iron River, Michigan
Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.
Madison, Wisconsin
A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.
Duluth, Minnesota
Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.
Decorah, Iowa
Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.
Astoria, Oregon
A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.
Polson, Montana
With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."
Evanston, Illinois
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.