Murfreesboro, Arkansas
Mauney House and Mine
The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.
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Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Los Angeles, California
Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
St. Louis, Missouri
The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.
Detroit, Michigan
The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.
Empire, Michigan
This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Where most of the world's flypaper was made.
Rockford, Michigan
With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.
Wyoming, Michigan
These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Traverse City, Michigan
Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.
Mears, Michigan
An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.