Polk City, Florida
Fantasy of Flight
The world's largest private aircraft collection.
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Polk City, Florida
The world's largest private aircraft collection.
Winter Haven, Florida
The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This small museum houses rare airplanes from aviation's golden age.
Garden City, New York
This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
Washington, D.C.
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Washington, D.C.
While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
Lanham, Maryland
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Paddys River, Australia
It's home to the antenna that received the first images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.
Valle, Arizona
An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.
Savigny-lès-Beaune, France
This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.
Esperance, Australia
A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.
Hutchinson, Kansas
The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.
Granite City, Illinois
A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.
St. Louis, Missouri
This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.
Eureka, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
Irondale, Missouri
Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.
Iron Township, Missouri
Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.
Ironton, Missouri
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
Lesterville, Missouri
Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.
Little Rock, Arkansas
This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.