Asheville, North Carolina
Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Seney, Michigan
The Seney Stretch
"The Most Boring Road in the State."
Frankenmuth, Michigan
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
World's largest Christmas store.
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.
Dyersville, Iowa
National Farm Toy Museum
The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.
Lincoln, Illinois
Lincoln Watermelon Monument
This colorful monument commemorates a little-known story from the life of Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln, Illinois
Railsplitter Covered Wagon
The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.
Waterloo, England
'Another Place'
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Liverpool, England
William MacKenzie's Tomb
Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.
Chester, England
Bridge Of Sighs
Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.
Dublin, Ireland
Statue of Oscar Wilde
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Art-o-mat
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flamingo Habitat
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Garden, Michigan
Fayette Historic Townsite
This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
The Arlington Hotel
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mary Tyler Moore Statue
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
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...
Iceland
Haukadalur Geothermal Field
This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.
Cleveland, Ohio
West Side Market
This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.
Cleveland, Ohio
‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Center of the Universe
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Washington, D.C.
Philo Farnsworth Statue
This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
