St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
Republic of Indian Stream
An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.
Brewer, Maine
Chamberlain Freedom Park
Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.
Stigler, Oklahoma
Younger's Bend
The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Tree of Life
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
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Katy, Texas
Forbidden Gardens
Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.
Houston, Texas
1940 Air Terminal Museum
This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.
Houston, Texas
The Orange Show
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Houston, Texas
Destination Mound Town (Hermann Park Train Tunnel)
A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.
Houston, Texas
Smither Park
A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.
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Houston, Texas
The Wilde Collection
An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.
