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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Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
St. Louis, Missouri
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Luxor, Egypt
Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.
Luxor, Egypt
These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
Key West, Florida
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.