A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

The only international border marker within the United States.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

Packed with gear and memorabilia, this museum chronicles the history of skiing and how its rise shaped New England.

A popular 19th-century natural landmark is now hidden within a sprawling forest.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.