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A local shop filled with handcrafted art and funky home furnishings, vintage, and antiques.

In this rural town square, a unique statue honors the inventor of the microchip.

Twelve unique carved plaques across Humboldt tell a story of the ingenuity and bravery of ordinary citizens during the city's burning.

A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."

This replica oil derrick stands where a tiny Kansas town struck big in 1852, kicking off America's biggest oil boom.

This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.

Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.

In the heart of Little Sweden USA, a small gallery and museum pays tribute to a Swedish-born artist who fell in love with the American landscape.

The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.

A steeple that now houses a small church.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

Today's aerospace industry can be traced back to one man and his gliders.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.