Mobile, Alabama
Mobile Medical Museum
Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.
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Mobile, Alabama
Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.
Elberta, Alabama
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
Fairhope, Alabama
This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'
Pensacola, Florida
A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.
Overland Park, Kansas
Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Enterprise, Alabama
Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.