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Piece of the meteorite

Odessa, Texas

Odessa Meteor Crater

One of only two exposed meteor impact craters in the United States

View from the cavern

Ambleside, England

Rydal Cave

This atmospheric cavern on the hillside above picturesque Rydal Water is actually an old slate quarry

Top Gun House

Oceanside, California

Top Gun House

This house made famous by the 1980s movie is now a restaurant filled with Top Gun memorabilia

El Ojo

Belén de Escobar, Argentina

El Ojo

A mysterious, almost perfectly circular floating island gyrating inside a likewise circular lake

Blarney Stone of Reno

Reno, Nevada

Blarney Stone of Reno

This lucky stone from Ireland is embedded on the corner of a Reno casino to grant luck

Box 5 at the  Paris Opera

Paris, France

‘Phantom of the Opera’ Box

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

Simpson Spring

Easton, Massachusetts

Simpson Spring

The oldest independent bottling plant in America was built directly over an ancient spring — and famously rejected Coca-Cola.

Outside of the Curiosity Shop

Berkeley, California

Curiosity Shop

A turqoise shack off the side of the road housing "100,000 things you don't need," as their sign out front says; it's filled to the brim with an expansive collection of costume jewelry, activist pins, old postcards, expensive collector's paintings, and so, so much more.

The path leads directly to the machine's protective red shed.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Perrystead Dairy Cheese Vending Machine

This mechanical marvel is a 24-hour cheese vending machine, holding freshly made cheeses from the internationally acclaimed Perrystead Dairy.

Tory’s Den Cave

Walnut Cove, North Carolina

Tory’s Den Cave

An ancient cave with connections to the American Revolution.

Submarine Safari

Amarilla Golf, Spain

Submarine Safari

One of the world's only places where tourists can make a trip in a submarine.

Interactive Area

West Perth, Australia

Nostalgia Box

The Nostalgia Box is a celebration of video games and the people that made them happen. The museum contains more than 100 consoles, representing the evolution—and sometimes revolution—that occurred from the 1970s through to modern times.

1952 Lighthouse Vintage Camper - 1 of 8 to Exist

Phelps, Wisconsin

The Living History Museum of Camping

America’s first living history museum of camping — a decade-by-decade museum of vintage campers, luxury tents, and Northwoods vacation history that guests can actually sleep in.

Suns Cinema

Washington, D.C.

Suns Cinema

Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.

Bandai Co. Head Office

Taito City, Japan

Bandai Co. Head Office

The world's second-largest toy production company has a lineup of its heroes outside

Interior

New Orleans, Louisiana

Leroy's Place New Orleans

An art gallery/gift shop that feels like Tim Burton, Pee Wee Herman, and Jim Henson combined!

Uranus Sideshow Museum and Fudge Factory

Saint Robert, Missouri

Uranus Sideshow Museum and Fudge Factory

Everything good comes from Uranus

The southwest edge of Sand Rock.

Christmas Valley, Oregon

The Lost Forest

An isolated, relict ponderosa pine forest in central Oregon that survives on half the usual rainfall due to a geologic quirk

The entrance.

Skelmersdale, England

Amazing Novelty-Orium & Mechanical Museum

This cross between a retro arcade and a living museum provides visitors with the opportunity to operate antique coin-operated automatons, games, and other machines

It's on the sign. It must be true. And it is.

Swayzee, Indiana

The Only Swayzee in the World

There is no other town or city in the world with the name Swayzee

Pink buttercream frosted ScottCake

Provincetown, Massachusetts

ScottCakes

A Provincetown shop that sells exactly one thing — a pink cupcake — and whose owner fought the town for the right to keep selling it.

Hastings prides itself on its status as the birthplace of Kool-Aid.

Hastings, Nebraska

The Hastings Museum Kool-Aid Exhibit

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

Computer Game Museum Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Computer Game Museum Berlin

The Guinness Book acknowledged one of the biggest and oldest collections of computer games, featuring a strange 'pain machine' that blurs the boundaries between the digital and the real world

Teatro Eugenia León

Tlalnepantla, Mexico

World's Largest Tortilla

This sculpture with hundreds of details made from corn dough was named the largest tortilla in the world in 2013

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