Boulder City, Nevada
Hoover Dam Old Exhibit Building
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
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Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Vienna, Austria
Op-art architecture designed for happiness.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Brooklyn, New York
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
Fort Worth, Texas
A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Denver, Colorado
Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.
Bern, Switzerland
The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Salzburg, Austria
The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.
Prague, Czechia
Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Prague, Czechia
A crucified and bearded female saint.
Brooklyn, New York
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
Istanbul, Turkey
Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.
Salzburg, Austria
Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.