Kansas City, Missouri
Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Munich, Germany
Schönheitengalerie (Gallery of Beauties)
King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.
Munich, Germany
Rathaus-Glockenspiel
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Kansas City, Missouri
World's Largest Shuttlecocks
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Bloomington, Minnesota
The Mall of America
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
St. Joseph, Missouri
Glore Psychiatric Museum
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
House on the Rock
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Mitchell, South Dakota
The Corn Palace
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Austin, Minnesota
Spam Museum
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wabasha Street Caves
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
St. Joseph, Minnesota
The Saint John's Bible
The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.
Alexandria, Minnesota
Kensington Runestone
14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
Mont Saint-Michel
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Bern, Switzerland
Bärengraben
The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.
