Atchison, Kansas
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.
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Minneapolis, Kansas
Rock City
A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.
Oakley, Kansas
Monument Rocks
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
Wamego, Kansas
Oz Museum
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Prague, Czechia
Prague Astronomical Clock
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Neustadt am Kulm, Germany
Rauher Kulm
A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.
Flossenbürg, Germany
Flossenbürg Concentration Camp
A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Hillah, Iraq
Babylon
Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.
Permanently Closed
Paju, South Korea
Korean Axe Murder Incident Memorial
A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.
Permanently Closed
Paju, South Korea
Bridge of No Return
The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.
Paju, South Korea
Third Tunnel of Aggression
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Rapa Nui, Chile
Mataveri International Airport
The world's most remote airport.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The Navel of the World
This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.
Rapa Nui, Chile
Orongo
This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.
Rapa Nui, Chile
‘El Gigante’ and the Moai of Rapa Nui
The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.
Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Warm Springs, Georgia
Roosevelt’s Little White House
FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
Fort Frederica
The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.
Cleveland, Georgia
Babyland General Hospital: Cabbage Patch Kids
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Fort Myers, Florida
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Salvador Dalí Museum
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Lake Wales, Florida
Bok Tower Gardens
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
