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asdonkar

Freelance photographer, holder of season tickets to the University of North Carolina baseball and women's basketball teams, Master of Library Science, civil servant. I like rock music, sweet tea, pedal steel played well, Fuji 1600 ISO film, the Band & the Rolling Stones, vintage dresses, my 17 year old Doc Martens and my Chippewa motorcycle boots, old rangefinders and Holgas, North Carolina beaches, pitching and defense, Matt Wieters, and chili cheese hotdogs.

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Milk Bottle Grocery

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

Added by ianlefk

'Blue Sky Sculpture'

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

Added by ianlefk

County Donegal, Ireland

Inishtrahull

Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.

Added by AnnaMoon

Holy Church of Saint Andrew

A martyred saint built a nunnery and school for girls here known as the "Parthenon."

gus619USA

Added by gus619USA

Yokohama, Japan

Ganki Inari

A narrow, dead-end alley hides with a small fox shrine and the untold history of Yokohama's historic red-light district.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Louisville, Kentucky

Rathskeller Room

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

brandybabnaw

Added by brandybabnaw

Geneva, Switzerland

Musée d'Histoire des Sciences (Museum of History of Science)

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Newfoundland and Labrador

Rose Blanche Lighthouse

Newfoundland's last remaining granite lighthouse.

nicolaskoeppe

Added by nicolaskoeppe

White Post, Virginia

Dinosaurland

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Added by brf2001

'The Bench of the Lovers'

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

Added by unamukka17

Sicily Island, Louisiana

Rock Falls

Louisiana's tallest waterfall is only a short hike away from the middle of nowhere.

teharmeyer

Added by teharmeyer

Roanoke, Virginia

O. Winston Link Museum

This museum celebrates a legendary railroad photographer whose personal life was as dramatic as his photos.

Added by chasesboni

Lakeside, Colorado

Lakeside Amusement Park

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

DavidK

Added by DavidK

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

Redner's Rescued Cat Figurine Mewseum

A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.

Added by benslowey6

Budapest, Hungary

Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

McLouth, Kansas

Rock in Road

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.

Somerset, Kentucky

Paranormal Roadtripper's Nightmare Gallery

The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.

gaspasr98

Added by gaspasr98

Asheville, North Carolina

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

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Added by carissapffffft

Lake Lure, North Carolina

Lake Lure

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Sabrina Wagganer

Added by Sabrina Wagganer

Astoria, Oregon

Flavel House Museum

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'

Added by JStahn

Cleveland, Mississippi

Grammy Museum Mississippi

An enormous, interactive museum with star-studded exhibits is surprisingly found deep in the Mississippi Delta.

Added by ianlefk

Sutton, West Virginia

West Virginia Bigfoot Museum

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

Added by jodyhewitt

Walkersville, Maryland

Walkersville Southern Railroad

Take a trip to the past aboard a 1920s railcar or open flatcar for a scenic ride through Maryland farm country.

Added by blimpcaptain

Tromsø, Norway

Arctic–Alpine Botanic Garden

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.

Added by AlexMadeira