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42.9614, -89.5073
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52.8631, -102.3887
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36.6603, -115.9947
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24.4521, 32.9284
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Nashville, Tennessee
Edgehill Polar Bears
For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.
36.1420, -86.7866
Durand, Michigan
Durand Union Station
A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.
42.9093, -83.9824
Nashville, Tennessee
George Boedecker's Sculpture Garden
Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.
36.0570, -86.9568
Akron, Ohio
The Glendale Steps
An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.
41.0857, -81.5216
Badin, North Carolina
Graveyard Island
The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.
35.4580, -80.1237
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Food Gatherers' Giant Carrots
The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.
42.3178, -83.7272
Akron, Ohio
Site of Sojourner Truth's 'Ain't I a Woman' Speech
But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?
41.0859, -81.5148
Nashville, Tennessee
Dutchman's Curve
The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.
36.1275, -86.8493
Richmond, Virginia
Ruins of Belle Isle
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
37.5342, -77.4496
Owosso, Michigan
Curwood Castle
The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.
42.9996, -84.1753
Bluff City, Tennessee
Backyard Terror's Dinosaur Park
A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
36.4391, -82.2311
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Tri-State Peak
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.
36.6008, -83.6754
Warren, Ohio
Neil Armstrong First Flight Memorial
The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.
41.2513, -80.8547
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
36.0677, -80.2141
Leavittsburg, Ohio
Center of the World, Ohio
A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.
41.2280, -80.9100
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor’s Fairy Doors
The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.
42.2786, -83.7502
Wilson, North Carolina
Whirligig Park (Formerly Acid Park)
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
35.7226, -77.9128
Centreville, Virginia
Foamhenge
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
38.8816, -77.4863
Richmond, Virginia
Hollywood Cemetery
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
37.5395, -77.4529
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