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The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

Collection maintained by the legendary designer.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.