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Columbia, Tennessee
James K. Polk Home and Museum
The former home of the 11th president of the United States.
35.6150, -87.0374
Athens, Greece
Church of Agia Kyriaki
A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.
37.9793, 23.7270
Portici, Italy
National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa
The first Italian factory to produce locomotives is now a marvelous museum.
40.8218, 14.3213
Burlington, Kentucky
Dinsmore Farm
Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.
39.0009, -84.8127
Searchlight, Nevada
Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs
Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.
35.2258, -114.6818
Gateway, Colorado
Unaweep Canyon
Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.
38.8376, -108.5760
Carrabelle, Florida
Crooked River Lighthouse
Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.
29.8272, -84.7008
Yermo, California
Peggy Sue's 50's Diner & Diner-Saur Park
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
34.9015, -116.8834
Los Angeles, California
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
34.1006, -118.3425
Los Angeles, California
The Babylon Court
This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.
34.1024, -118.3401
Improvement District No. 24, Alberta
World's Largest Beaver Dam
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
58.2714, -112.2522
Marco Island, Florida
The Key Marco Cat Statue
Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.
25.9333, -81.7159
Florence, Alabama
Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall
The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.
34.9455, -87.8188
Landers, California
Giant Rock
A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.
34.3328, -116.3887
Kingman, Arizona
Hackberry General Store
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
35.3749, -113.7229
Flagstaff, Arizona
Wupatki Spirit Totem
A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.
35.5507, -111.5365
Inyo County, California
Ballarat Ghost Town
This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.
36.0478, -117.2233
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Sliding Rock
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
35.3115, -82.7876
Hot Springs, North Carolina
Paint Rock
North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.
35.9307, -82.8896
Cabazon, California
Cabazon Dinosaurs
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
33.9229, -116.7743
San Diego, California
Sunny Jim Cave Store
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
32.8492, -117.2703
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
37.8029, -122.4482
Saskatchewan
Athabasca Sand Dunes
The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.
59.0266, -108.6541
Kingston Springs, Tennessee
Montgomery Bell Tunnel
The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.
36.1470, -87.1235
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