La Junta, Colorado
Bent's Old Fort
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
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La Junta, Colorado
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
Sandy Hook, Mississippi
One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.
Wallace, Idaho
This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
Birmingham, Alabama
Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
Hull, Massachusetts
Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.
Bradford, Pennsylvania
This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.
Pahrump, Nevada
Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Lonaconing, Maryland
A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.
Nye, Nevada
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Le Roy, New York
The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.
Lead Hill, Arkansas
Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.
Monowi, Nebraska
America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.
Brooklyn, New York
A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.
Berkeley, California
The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
McCloud, California
This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.
Ithaca, New York
This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.
Seattle, Washington
This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.
Greenville, Illinois
Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.
Folsom, California
This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.
Kansas City, Missouri
A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.