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Sapphire City and Dance Party
Somerville, Massachusetts

Sapphire City House

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects
Itinerary

6 Ways to Soak Up Plano’s Art and Culture

Walk your way through the sculptures, architecture, and history of this mid-sized city with a big soul.
museums

Video: The Mystery of the Opal Lawrence House

The Opal Lawrence House is only 15 minutes from Dallas—but the trip takes you back a century.
Scull’s <em>Cowtastrophe</em> boasts not just incredible detail, but also a delightful name.
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This Small Texas Museum Celebrates the Art of the Wild West

The Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas, began as a home for a group of “Cowboy Artists”—and has since expanded its purview to represent a more inclusive catalog of Western Art.
Waterwheel at Watermill, NY.
Water Mill, New York

Water Mill Museum

Once the center of food production for this small town.
Birch bark canoe handmade by the Wabanaki.
Bar Harbor, Maine

Reis Education Canoe

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.
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Video: Dolls, Spirits, and More At The Doll Museum

Doll lovers young and old flock to this magical—and also possibly haunted—slice of Americana.
An evocation of the schooner Wyoming.
Bath, Maine

Wyoming Sculpture

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Southwest Harbor, Maine

Wendell Gilley Museum

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.
Archipelago Museum
Isnäs, Finland

Rönnäs Archipelago Museum

Home to the finest collection of peasant boats in Finland.
Itinerary

7 Sites of Small-Town History in Waxahachie, Texas

Explore this town’s big history, from supercolliders to outsider art.
All of the Sisemore family’s RVs are impeccably restored, both inside and out.
automotive history

This Family-Run RV Museum Offers a Glimpse into the Motor Homes of Yore

The Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Museum in Amarillo, Texas houses one of the largest collections of restored RVs in the country.
Area 51 room
San Francisco, California

Gregangelo Museum

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.
Replica of the Sheepscot Station
Alna, Maine

Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum

Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.
A guide speaking about Estonian tea traditions.
Varnja, Estonia

Samovar House

Learn to drink tea like an Estonian at this museum.
architecture

Podcast: The House on the Rock

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team June 24, 2022
Woody’s Classic Cars and Baseball Museum
Cross Plains, Texas

Woody’s Classic Cars and Baseball Museum

An Americana dreamscape.
disasters

Podcast: National Corvette Museum Sinkhole

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team June 22, 2022