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jacksonhotaling

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Staircase down to the geode cave

Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Crystal Cave

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

American Sign Museum

Cincinnati, Ohio

American Sign Museum

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The painted hand

Columbus, Ohio

The Handprint

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

“You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies” at the Phoenix Art Museum.

Phoenix, Arizona

Yayoi Kusama Firefly Infinity Mirror Room

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The Monument

Toronto, Ontario

Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

The Yorkville Rock

Toronto, Ontario

The Yorkville Rock

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

The Illustrated London News reports the blaze.

Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Whiskey Fire

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

The sign for the Barack Obama Plaza rest stop, near Moneygall, Ireland.

North Tipperary, Ireland

Barack Obama Plaza

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

Charlie Chaplin's Vacation Statue

Kerry, Ireland

Charlie Chaplin's Vacation Statue

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

Irish harp at the Garden of Remembrance

Dublin, Ireland

Dublin's Garden of Remembrance

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

The ferryman statue
Permanently Closed

Wicklow, Ireland

Victor’s Way Indian Sculpture Park

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

The Glen

Sligo, Ireland

The Glen

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

Memorial garden

Carthage, Missouri

Precious Moments Chapel and Gardens

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

Tightwad Bank
Permanently Closed

Clinton, Missouri

Tightwad Bank

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

Maxie, the World's Largest Goose in 1988

Sumner, Missouri

Maxie, the World's Largest Goose

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

Map of the Mormon journey through Missouri

Gallatin, Missouri

Adam-ondi-Ahman

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

World's Largest Small Electric Appliance Museum

Diamond, Missouri

World's Largest Small Electrical Appliance Museum

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

Hall of Waters

Excelsior Springs, Missouri

Hall of Waters

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

Former World's Largest Rocking Chair

Cuba, Missouri

Former World's Largest Rocking Chair

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

An inglorious end to a once-proud ship.
Permanently Closed

St. Louis, Missouri

USS Inaugural (1993-2013)

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

This relic supposedly holds John the Baptist's finger.

Kansas City, Missouri

The Holy Finger of Kansas City

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Exterior West side.

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Workhouse

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

The Morrow Plots

Urbana, Illinois

The Morrow Plots

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

Riding the banks of the Mississippi

Port Byron, Illinois

Will B. Rolling Mississippi River Statue

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

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