Indianapolis, Indiana
The Athenaeum
This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.
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Indianapolis, Indiana
This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.
Indianapolis, Indiana
At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.
Magnet Cove, Arkansas
Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.
Cockeysville, Maryland
Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.
Miami, Florida
In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.
Atlanta, Georgia
Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.
Decatur, Georgia
This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.
Gainesville, Georgia
A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
Midland, North Carolina
The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.
Charlotte, North Carolina
The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.
Rock Hill, South Carolina
The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.
York, South Carolina
During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Yup, that's where the name came from.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.
Deming, New Mexico
In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
San Bernardino County, California
The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.
Shakaria, Jordan
A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.
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.