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dakotaleebishop

Lover of all things foreign, consumer of tasty coffee, and trier of new food items (at least once). 'I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list' - Susan Sontag

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Eureka Springs, Arkansas

The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

nbj914

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Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Basin Park Hotel

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

jusTodd

Added by jusTodd

Bryson City, North Carolina

The Road to Nowhere

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Added by ashleeweeks

Birmingham, Alabama

Statue of Vulcan

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Dylan

Dothan, Alabama

Peanuts on Parade

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

Mom0ja

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Enterprise, Alabama

Boll Weevil Monument

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Added by cornutt

Panama City Beach, Florida

Man in the Sea Museum

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

Added by AMissile

Vernon, Florida

Vernon, Florida

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

pollardld

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DeFuniak Springs, Florida

Britton Hill

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Pensacola Beach, Florida

Fort Pickens

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

hopecorrigan1

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Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Quincy, Florida

The Town of Coca-Cola Millionaires

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

Added by claude chappe

Source of the Nile at Jinja

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

bryanrudin

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