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Entrance to the museum

Fort Meade, Maryland

National Cryptologic Museum

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Close-up of Herlong's head

Takoma Park, Maryland

Herlong the Carved Dragon

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

National Museum of Health and Medicine

Silver Spring, Maryland

National Museum of Health and Medicine

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Vendors at the model train market

Barcelona, Spain

Model Train Market at Estació de França

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

Land of the Lost
Permanently Closed

Farmingdale, New Jersey

Land of the Lost

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Roadside America
Permanently Closed

Shartlesville, Pennsylvania

Roadside America

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

'War of the Worlds' Monument

West Windsor Township, New Jersey

'War of the Worlds' Monument

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Frankford Avenue Bridge

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Frankford Avenue Bridge

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

Main entrance to the cemetery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mount Moriah Cemetery

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Masonic Temple of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Masonic Temple of Philadelphia

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

The Mark Twain House

Hartford, Connecticut

The Mark Twain House & Museum

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

Early tavern signs at the Connecticut Historical Society.

Hartford, Connecticut

Colonial America Tavern Signs Collection

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

The Citadella

Budapest, Hungary

The Citadella

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

MAV 424, the "Red Star."
Permanently Closed

Budapest, Hungary

Istvántelek Train Yard

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

Lego Bridge in Wuppertal, Germany

Wuppertal, Germany

Lego Bridge

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Great Train Graveyard

Bolivia

Great Train Graveyard

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Snowdon

Caernarfon, Wales

Snowdon

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

Built in Philadelphia in 1808 by the Spark family.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sparks Shot Tower

One of the oldest of its kind.

Wanamaker Building

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wanamaker Building

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Laurel Hill Cemetery

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

The Barnes Foundation

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Barnes Foundation

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Tiffany Glass Mural

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tiffany Glass Mural ‘The Dream Garden’

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A raven statue outside the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

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