Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

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

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A science teacher's dream.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.