Rome, Italy
Mausoleum of Augustus
This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Weeksville Airship Hangar
During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.
Santa Rosa, California
Grave of Robert L. Ripley
Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.
St. Louis, Missouri
Burial Place of Chief Pontiac
A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Neon Museum
Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.
Shelby, North Carolina
International Lineman Museum
This museum is dedicated to the workers that help keep the power on.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Mister Ed's Grave
The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.
Montgomery, Alabama
Hank Williams's Gravesite
The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.
Washington, D.C.
Jefferson Pier Marker
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Hilton Sisters Grave
Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Pumping Station House
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Cumberland, Maryland
George Washington's Headquarters
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Washington, D.C.
Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
Delmar, Maryland
Transpeninsular Midpoint Marker
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Washington, D.C.
Cuban-American Friendship Urn
The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.
Corolla, North Carolina
Corolla Wild Horses
One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.
Washington, D.C.
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.
Washington, D.C.
Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
Four Corners Monument
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Hatteras, North Carolina
Shipwrecked Doritos
The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.
Agoura Hills, California
M*A*S*H Filming Location
The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.
Vidalia, Georgia
Vidalia Onion Museum
A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."
Wilmington, North Carolina
Museum of the Bizarre
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
