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Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.