Brussels, Belgium
The Musical Instrument Museum
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
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Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Budapest, Hungary
Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
Budapest, Hungary
The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Weirton, West Virginia
In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Tucson, Arizona
Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.
Tucson, Arizona
In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Green Valley, Arizona
After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.
Amado, Arizona
This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.
Sells, Arizona
The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.
Picacho, Arizona
Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.
Coolidge, Arizona
Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.
Pine, Arizona
The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.