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38.8706, -77.0687
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47.5681, 10.6981
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29.9295, -94.2744
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26.9470, 75.8580
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Goldendale, Washington
Maryhill Museum and Stonehenge
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
45.6775, -120.8648
Palo Alto, California
Gates of Hell Sculpture
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
37.4329, -122.1702
Port Angeles, Washington
Olympic Hot Springs
Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.
47.9770, -123.7620
Astoria, Oregon
The Astoria Column
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
46.1813, -123.8175
Warrenton, Oregon
The Wreck of the Peter Iredale
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
46.1784, -123.9810
Long Beach, Washington
Marsh's Free Museum
Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.
46.3493, -124.0550
Pullman, Washington
The Junk Castle
A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.
46.7577, -117.2321
Valentine, Texas
Prada Marfa
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
30.6034, -104.5185
Redford, Texas
Contrabando
An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.
29.2796, -103.8412
Terlingua, Texas
Lajitas Ghost Town
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
29.2618, -103.7768
Terlingua, Texas
Terlingua Ghost Town
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
29.3370, -103.5958
Lawton, Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains Buffalo Herd
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
34.7109, -98.6140
Norman, Oklahoma
Pentaceratops Skull
The largest land animal skull ever discovered.
35.1946, -97.4485
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
36.4085, -93.7374
Heavener, Oklahoma
Heavener Runestone
One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.
34.8986, -94.5961
Alma, Arkansas
Popeye Statue
Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.
35.4768, -94.2214
Spiro, Oklahoma
Spiro Mounds
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
35.3117, -94.5684
Lucas, Kansas
The Garden of Eden
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
39.0580, -98.5350
Brookville, Kansas
Mushroom Rock State Park
Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.
38.6550, -97.9967
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