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The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.