New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
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New York, New York
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New York, New York
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
New York, New York
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
Rayne, Louisiana
The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
New Orleans, Louisiana
If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?
New Orleans, Louisiana
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
Evanston, Illinois
More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Chicago, Illinois
The world's only known button museum.
Chicago, Illinois
This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Detroit, Michigan
These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.