Detroit, Michigan
John K. King Used & Rare Books
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
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Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Goulburn, Australia
Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Melbourne Beach, Florida
This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.
Waycross, Georgia
The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.
Bishopville, South Carolina
A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.
Tallahassee, Florida
World's largest magnetic research facility.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Gouverneur, New York
A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.
St. Augustine, Florida
A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.
Beaufort, South Carolina
This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."
Savannah, Georgia
A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.
New York, New York
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Frisco, North Carolina
The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks. .
Hatteras, North Carolina
The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.
Manteo, North Carolina
So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.
Chesterfield, England
The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.
Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Beijing, China
The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.
Florence, Italy
In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.