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Brooklyn, New York

Exxon Pumping Facility

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Freeport, Texas

Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Columbia, Missouri

Neff Hall Chinese Stone Lions

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.
Jake Uitti Added by Jake Uitti
Colebrook, New Hampshire

Colebrook Murder Victims Memorial

Memorial dedicated to four citizens killed during a shooting spree prompted by a routine traffic stop.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
Stafford, Virginia

Hogan's Alley

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Brooklyn, New York

Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company

The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.
Added by Mordy
Lakeside, California

Rancho Cañada de los Coches

The smallest Mexican land grant in California was given, and then taken from, a 19th-century teacher and nurse.
Added by cwhii
Spokane, Washington

Dodd House

The former home of the "Mother of Father's Day."
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Fairfax, California

Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.
matthewtaub Added by matthewtaub
Far Hills, New Jersey

United States Golf Association Museum

Home of the golf club used by Alan Shepard on the moon, and more artifacts from the sport's history.
Allison Added by Allison
Juneau, Alaska

Aunt Claudia's Dolls, a Museum

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.
Jake Uitti Added by Jake Uitti
Falls City, Nebraska

Veteran’s Memorial Park

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.
jusTodd Added by jusTodd
Mooresville, North Carolina

North Carolina's 12th Congressional District

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Palmyra, New York

Grandin Printing Shop

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Juneau, Alaska

Last Chance Mining Museum

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.
Added by Pandoras Guard
Trinidad, Colorado

Steam Engine 638

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.
Added by Thewanderingmeatball
San Antonio, Texas

Memorial Park at UT Health Science Center

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.
satxwdavis Added by satxwdavis
Brooklyn, New York

Leviton Building

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Laredo, Texas

World Trade Bridge

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.
atimian Added by atimian
Pierre Part, Louisiana

Cypress Swamp Driftwood Family Museum

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Saint Paul, Minnesota

First National Bank Building Skyway

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.
typosinkeye Added by typosinkeye
Fremont, Michigan

National Baby Food Festival

Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.
nbj914 Added by nbj914
Rancho Mirage, California

Sunnylands

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.
Britta Shoot Added by Britta Shoot
Brooklyn, New York

Site of Continental Iron Works

Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."