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A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

Located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, this mansion is home to a massive art collection.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.