Chicago, Illinois
The DNA Discovery Center
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
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Chicago, Illinois
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Coldwater, Ontario
This "railway" for boats continues a waterway over a road.
Endicott, New York
A collection of artifacts from two worldwide industries that called Endicott, NY home.
Petersburg, Kentucky
A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.
Williamstown, Kentucky
A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.
New Haven, Connecticut
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Morristown, New Jersey
A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.
Mansfield, Ohio
The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Foster, Rhode Island
As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.
Keene Valley, New York
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
Millinocket, Maine
The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Troy, New York
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Pine Plains, New York
A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.
Kinderhook, New York
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Billund, Denmark
The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.
Queens, New York
The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.
Beacon, New York
The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.