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This 150-year-old train station and caboose have been turned into a railroad museum, enjoyed by young and old alike.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.