Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Grounds for Sculpture
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
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Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Easton, Pennsylvania
Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.
Tarout, Saudi Arabia
This former Portuguese defensive fort atop a hill was occupied for thousands of years.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.
Jonesport, Maine
The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.
Lubec, Maine
This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.
Anderson, Indiana
A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.
New Harmony, Indiana
Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.
Neodesha, Kansas
This replica oil derrick stands where a tiny Kansas town struck big in 1852, kicking off America's biggest oil boom.
Lyons, Kansas
This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.
Wellsville, Kansas
Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.
Jackson, Mississippi
This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.
Frankfort, Kentucky
The 34th governor of Kentucky was sworn into office while on his deathbed after being shot outside the State House.
Corbin, Kentucky
The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Siglufjörður, Iceland
This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.
Manaus, Brazil
This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.
Manaus, Brazil
A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.
Jacksonville, Florida
The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.
Waldorf, Maryland
Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.