Völklingen, Germany
Volklinger Ironworks
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
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Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Koblenz, Germany
Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Macon, Georgia
At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.
Macon, Georgia
The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.
Quicksburg, Virginia
An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.
Danville, Virginia
This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.
Jefferson, Virginia
Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Oaks, Pennsylvania
Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.
Norfolk, Virginia
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
Arlington, Virginia
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Fairfax, Virginia
Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.
Roanoke, Virginia
This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Pittsboro, North Carolina
A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.