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This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.