McMinnville, Oregon
Evergreen Aviation Museum
Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.
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McMinnville, Oregon
Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Rochester, Michigan
This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
Sanibel, Florida
Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.
Big Pine Key, Florida
For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.
Lake Wales, Florida
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
Lourdes, France
Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.
Ávila, Spain
These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.
Salamanca, Spain
The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.
Columbus, Ohio
Ornate and vibrant, this temple is a colorful place of worship for Columbus's Thai and Laotian communities.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Kent, Ohio
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Groom, Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Islamorada, Florida
Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.
Big Pine Key, Florida
The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Marion, Ohio
Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.
Columbus, Ohio
A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.