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Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Descend into the world’s longest-running deep anthracite coal mine.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.

At one time, it was the second deepest mine shaft on the planet!

A museum dedicated to all things vinegar in rural South Dakota.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!