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The 10-foot-tall monument.

Galveston, Texas

1900 Storm Memorial

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.

The characteristic architectural feature known as the "Maya arch."

Cozumel, Mexico

San Gervasio

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

View at the top of the Locks, Lake Superior.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Sault Canal Locks

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

Niagara Falls Floral Clock

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Niagara Falls Floral Clock

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

Clifton Hill

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Clifton Hill

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The view from the end of the tunnel to the platform

Niagara Falls, Ontario

The Tunnel at Niagara Parks Power Station

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

Welcome to Hershey’s Chocolate World!

Hershey, Pennsylvania

Hershey’s Chocolate World and Hershey Trolley Works

This mobile theater show highlights the story of Hershey through fun facts, unique stories, and plenty of candy samples.

Cristoforo Colombo statue in Central Park

Mishawaka, Indiana

Cristoforo Colombo statue in Central Park

A statue donated to the city of Mishawaka, Indiana in 1992, commemorating the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival.

Ready to defend her people

Mishawaka, Indiana

Princess Mishawaka statue

The Princess Mishawaka statue and story honor the legend of a Shawnee Indian heroine and promoted tourism in the 1930s.

Garfield Trail

Marion, Indiana

Garfield Trail

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

Auburn, Indiana

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

A 1963 Pilurs-Smith DSA-1 Miniplane built by Tracy Pilurs, winner of the 1962 Women's National Aerobatic Championship.

Cleveland, Ohio

International Women's Air & Space Museum

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

Cleveland, Ohio

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The local catch is delicious fried as well.

Charlevoix, Michigan

Terry's of Charlevoix

Line up for ample portions of freshly caught whitefish, walleye, and perch from the Great Lakes.

A doll head dug up on the island in 1907.

Beaver Island, Michigan

Beaver Island Toy Museum

On a remote island in the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, a museum of collectibles collides with a vintage toy store.

A copy of the Northern Islander, the first newspaper in Northern Michigan, detailing King Strang's attack. Printed at the print shop in 1856.

Beaver Island, Michigan

Mormon Print Shop Museum

Once the home of a local newspaper, this small museum preserves the history of Beaver Island, from its Indigenous inhabitants to the arrival of a self-proclaimed king.

Florida Keys Memorial

Islamorada, Florida

Florida Keys Memorial

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

Indian Key

Islamorada, Florida

Indian Key

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

Aerial view of Pigeon Key, with the partially decimated Overseas Railroad bridge running parallel to the new Seven Mile Bridge.

Big Pine Key, Florida

Overseas Railroad and Pigeon Key

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

The Conch Republic

Key West, Florida

The Conch Republic

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The African Cemetery at Higgs Beach, Key West.

Key West, Florida

African Cemetery at Higgs Beach

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

Tourists flock to the buoy (Flickr/Turtle43)

Key West, Florida

Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

B. P. Roberts' tombstone.

Key West, Florida

Key West Cemetery

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

US 1 Mile 0 sign.

Key West, Florida

U.S. Route 1 Mile 0 Sign

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

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