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This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.