Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Arun
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
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Bangkok, Thailand
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
Hong Kong
This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.
Niutoua, Tonga
A massive trilithon nicknamed "Stonehenge of the Pacific."
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
Clarkdale, Arizona
The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.
West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Paducah, Kentucky
A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.
Frankfort, Kentucky
This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Wichita, Kansas
The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.
Topeka, Kansas
See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.
Triangle, Virginia
A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.