Krakow, Poland
The Bones of the Wawel Dragon
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
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Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Riverside, Ohio
Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.
Detroit, Michigan
Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.
Detroit, Michigan
Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Detroit, Michigan
Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.
Detroit, Michigan
These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.
Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Clermont, Florida
An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
Clermont, Florida
Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Corning, New York
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.