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Eddie Merkel is the eldest son of a Kansas farmer's son and an Oklahoma accountant's daughter. He led a very sheltered life until the age of 15. It was then that Gulf Oil, the employer of his Kansas farmer's son father, transferred his whole family to Luanda, Angola. Eddie was too old for any of the English speaking schools in Luanda, so Gulf Oil sent him to boarding school in Leysin Switzerland. School in Switzerland and exposure to people from all over the world, as well as getting to travel extensively was a significant change from what he was accustomed to. As a result, Eddie went a little crazy. He's been just a little crazy ever since. Cursed by a rabid interest in everything, Eddie could never settle on a major in school. Because of this, he did not finish college, but that does not mean his education ended. An avid reader and autodidact, Eddie is still auto didacting himself about new things to this day. During a stint in the U.S. Army, Eddie met his wife Mireille, and she has heroically stuck with him through all his craziness for over 37 years. Together they have raised three astonishing kids. The kids have all moved out on their own now. As a result, Eddie and Mireille are enjoying their new found freedom. They are now living as old teenagers, exhibiting only slightly more sense and spending vastly more money than most teenagers do.
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Winslow, Arizona

Meteor Crater

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Arcadia Round Barn

Arcadia, Oklahoma

Arcadia Round Barn

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

Wheeler Ferris Wheel.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Wheeler Ferris Wheel

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Scottish Rite Temple

Guthrie, Oklahoma

Scottish Rite Temple

One of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious style.

Galloping Bugle Boy

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Philbrook Museum of Art.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Philbrook Museum of Art

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

Grave of Geronimo

Lawton, Oklahoma

Fort Sill

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

Pentaceratops Skull

Norman, Oklahoma

Pentaceratops Skull

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

Buffalo herd in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge.

Lawton, Oklahoma

Wichita Mountains Buffalo Herd

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Facing the old station. The small sign tells tale of the counterfeit scheme.

Arcadia, Oklahoma

Old Route 66 Filling Station

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

 Oklahoma City Underground.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Underground

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

Pops

Arcadia, Oklahoma

Pops

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Fresque des Québécois

Québec City, Québec

The Murals of Quebec City

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

Old Québec Funicular

Québec City, Québec

Old Québec Funicular

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

Château Frontenac

Québec City, Québec

Château Frontenac

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Cemetery in 2015

New Orleans, Louisiana

Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

221b, Baker Street

London, England

221b Baker Street

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Marie Laveau's tomb in 2005

New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Laveau's Tomb

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Looking across the Hudson River towards New Jersey, at night

New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Alcatraz from the Bay 2012

San Francisco, California

Alcatraz Island

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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