Westerly, Rhode Island
Living Sharks Museum
Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.
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Westerly, Rhode Island
Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.
Groton, Connecticut
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
Cohoes, New York
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.
Phoenix, Arizona
Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.
Alpine, New Jersey
Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.
Hill City, South Dakota
One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.
Thermopolis, Wyoming
The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.
Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
An American industrialist hoped this nature preserve could help save the North American bison.
Cleveland, Ohio
The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
New Haven, Connecticut
An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.
New Haven, Connecticut
This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.
New Haven, Connecticut
It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.
Phoenix, Arizona
This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.
University City, Missouri
A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.
Washington, D.C.
The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.
Phoenix, Arizona
In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.