St. James, Nebraska
Wiseman Massacre Monument
This simple stone monument honors a 19th-century tragedy.
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St. James, Nebraska
This simple stone monument honors a 19th-century tragedy.
Vandalia, Illinois
Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.
Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Van Buren, Missouri
Often referred to as the largest spring in America.
Winona, Missouri
This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928
Sauget, Illinois
In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.
Ellington, Missouri
One of the deepest springs in Missouri.
Godfrey, Illinois
Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.
Eminence, Missouri
A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.
Mountain View, Missouri
The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.
Round Spring, Missouri
An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.
Rogers, Arkansas
This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.
Wilsons Promontory, Australia
The spherical grains of white quartz sand give every step on this Australian beach a distinctive sound.
Homewood, Alabama
Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.
Kolkata, India
The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.
East Lyme, Connecticut
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.
Dublin, Ireland
The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.
Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
Thira, Greece
A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.
Cartagena, Colombia
A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.