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Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.