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Benham, Kentucky

Kentucky Coal Museum

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.
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Tacoma, Washington

'Top of the Ocean' Monument

This waterfront restaurant was the life of the party until a crime syndicate burned it to the ground.
Added by ianlefk
Scott City, Kansas

El Cuartelejo

The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.
Added by ianlefk
Boston, Massachusetts

Birthplace of the Telephone

A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.
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Ellerbe, North Carolina

Rankin Museum of American Heritage

A collection of memorabilia from the estate of former professional wrestler Andre the Giant.
Added by ericjlamb
Boston, Massachusetts

Statue of Mary Dyer

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.
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Glasgow, Scotland

Suffragette Umbrella Stand

A discarded umbrella stand from a women's prison is an object of pride at a library that is dedicated to women's culture and achievements.
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Venice, Florida

Belki's Cuban Deli

Fill your car with gas and your belly with mouthwatering Cuban cuisine at this takeaway inside a Citgo station.
Added by blimpcaptain
Kansas City, Missouri

Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio

The life of one of America's pre-eminent painters is frozen in time in the home where he lived, worked, and died.
Added by blimpcaptain
Porto Seguro, Brazil

Marco do Descobrimento (Discovery Landmark)

This stone monument marks the beginning of Portugal's presence in Brazil.
Added by luisabaeta
São Paulo, Brazil

Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil

Its collection details the experiences of the largest Japanese community outside Japan.
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São Paulo, Brazil

Museu Afro Brasil

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.
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Aveiro, Brazil

Fordlândia

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.
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Norman, Oklahoma

National Weather Museum

This enthusiast-led facility is the only museum in the country dedicated to the preservation of weather artifacts.
Added by ianlefk
Pinedale, Wyoming

Museum of the Mountain Man

This rural museum highlights Wyoming's era of trapping and fur trades, and hosts the annual Green River Rendezvous in July.
Added by ianlefk
Sana'a, Yemen

Bayt Baws

A nearly abandoned Jewish settlement perched atop a hill in the heart of Yemen.
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Johannesburg, South Africa

Satyagraha House

The home of Mahatma Gandhi during part of the 21 years he spent living in South Africa is now a guest house.
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Paarl, South Africa

Afrikaans Language Monument

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.
Added by panicembryo
Cape Town, South Africa

District Six Museum

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.
Added by ellenbwright
Jacksonville, Florida

Fort Caroline National Memorial

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.
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Mountain View, California

Utah Teapot

The model behind the iconic 3D test model.
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San Francisco, California

'Street Whale'

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.
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Jacksonville, Florida

Norman Studios

The last standing silent film studio in Jacksonville is the last remnant of the city's once-thriving movie industry.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi

Lower Mississippi River Museum

A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.
Added by ianlefk