Jekyll Island, Georgia
Driftwood Beach
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
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Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
New York, New York
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
Elkhart, Indiana
The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."
Southgate, Michigan
The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Germantown, Maryland
The whole world in one water tank.
Bemidji, Minnesota
This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.
Windsor, Connecticut
More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.
Lewes, Delaware
The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Birmingham, Alabama
A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.
Brattleboro, Vermont
A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.
Pope Valley, California
Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.
Sylva, North Carolina
This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.
Chicago, Illinois
Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.
Clinton, Tennessee
A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.
Brookline, Massachusetts
The oldest playground in America.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.
Fallon, Nevada
This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.
New York, New York
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
Cedar Key, Florida
A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.