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Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Maritime Museum

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philly Typewriter

Welcome to the home of the world's largest typewriter company.
Wellsville, Kansas

Black Jack Battlefield

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.
State College, Pennsylvania

Willard Mural

No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The 'Dowager Empress' Crystal Ball

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
Quinault, Washington

Quinault Giant Sitka Spruce

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.
Walker, West Virginia

Volcano Historic Boomtown

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.
Arlington, Washington

Giant Cedar Stump

At a rest stop north of Seattle, you can drive through the trunk of an ancient tree.
Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico

Manby Hot Springs

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.
Willow Springs, Illinois

Red Gate Woods

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Salt Mine

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.
Thermopolis, Wyoming

Hot Springs State Park

The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.
Jessieville, Arkansas

Coleman Mine

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.
Sponsored by Arkansas Tourism
Hill City, South Dakota

Museum at Black Hills Institute

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

1758 Sun Inn

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.
Ozone, Arkansas

Glory Hole Falls

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.
Basin, Montana

Merry Widow Health Mine

What if the cure for all that ails you was as simple as repeated exposure to low-dose radon?
Eureka, Nevada

Afterlife Antiques & Oddities

A small shop filled with history, mystery, folklore, and more.
Amboy, California

Guardian Lions of Route 66

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Walla Walla, Washington

Pioneer Park Aviary

The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.
Front Royal, Virginia

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.
Grand Marais, Minnesota

Devil's Kettle

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Harmony, Minnesota

Niagara Cave

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.
Los Alamos, New Mexico

Main Gate Park

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.