Brussels, Belgium
The Atomium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
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Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Valkenburg, Netherlands
Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Berlin, Germany
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Lemgo, Germany
An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Tarrytown, New York
One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.
Kerhonkson, New York
"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.
Kassel, Germany
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
A large circus museum with summer performances.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Warm Springs, Georgia
FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.
Macon, Georgia
The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.
Columbus, Georgia
A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Chicago, Illinois
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.
Hallandale Beach, Florida
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Miami Beach, Florida
12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.