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Michelle Cassidy

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The Museum of Everyday Life

Glover, Vermont

The Museum of Everyday Life

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

Great Swamp Fight Monument

South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Great Swamp Fight Monument

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

The replica of Fort Sauerkraut, completed in 2004.

Hebron, North Dakota

Fort Sauerkraut

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.

Tommy the Turtle.

Bottineau, North Dakota

Tommy the Turtle

The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.

Central portion of Great Camp Santanoni.

Newcomb, New York

Great Camp Santanoni

Hike deep into the woods to explore this Gilded Age masterpiece.

Any kids dream to have this many toy cars.

Newfield, New Jersey

Matchbox Road Museum

Thousands of Matchbox cars spanning generations call this New Jersey barn home.

The Famous River Hot Dog Man

Milford, New Jersey

The Famous River Hot Dog Man

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

Palace of Depression in the process of restoration

Vineland, New Jersey

Palace of Depression

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

Carhenge from the front

Alliance, Nebraska

Carhenge

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

Chand Baori

Abhaneri, India

Chand Baori

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Living Root Bridges

Cherrapunjee, India

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street

London, England

Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

Findling vom Geissturm

Zurich, Switzerland

Findling vom Geissturm

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

Umbrella Cover Museum

Portland, Maine

Umbrella Cover Museum

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Pushcart Press

Sedgwick, Maine

Pushcart Press

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

The child eater

Bern, Switzerland

The Child Eater of Bern

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Théâtre Royal de Toone

Brussels, Belgium

Théâtre Royal de Toone

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

The tomb of James Bond on Kalsoy Island

Kalsoy, Faroe Islands

James Bond's Grave

This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end.

Apothecary jars in main room

Florence, Italy

Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Selection of Exhibits at the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents (photo by Joel Bernstein)

Berkeley, California

Aftel Archive of Curious Scents

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

Paint Mines Interpretive Park

Calhan, Colorado

Paint Mines Interpretive Park

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A fisherman searches for a catch in his athapum.

Manipur, India

Loktak Lake

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

The entrance to the Roman underworld is shockingly beautiful.

Pozzuoli, Italy

Lake Avernus

Smack-dab in Campania’s volcanic fields, this scenic lake was once thought to be the gate of hell.

Oinusama, the dog god.

Tokyo, Japan

Oinusama

Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

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