Weird history44.6242° N, 124.0630° W
Newport, OR
Built in 1871, this rare wooden lighthouse combines the keeper's dwelling and light tower in one structure overlooking Yaquina Bay.
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- Weird history44.6750° N, 124.0764° W
Newport, OR
Oregon's tallest lighthouse rises above black basalt cliffs at Yaquina Head; restoration work and staffing can affect tower-tour availability, so check the current BLM notice before visiting.
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- Weird history27.9616° N, 82.4369° W
Tampa, FL
Museum inside a former bakery chronicling cigar-city immigration, mutual-aid societies, and neighborhood history.
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- Weird history42.5225° N, 70.8848° W
Salem, MA
One of America's oldest candy companies still sells old-fashioned sweets near the House of the Seven Gables. Its famous Gibralters and Black Jacks preserve recipes and candy traditions reaching back to the early nineteenth century.
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- Weird history30.4064° N, 81.5742° W
Jacksonville, FL
Civil War earthwork fortifications overlooking routes into Jacksonville.
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- Weird history45.8025° N, 108.5381° W
Billings, MT
A compact museum near the airport built around a historic log cabin, holding tens of thousands of artifacts from Yellowstone County and the northern plains.
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- Weird history45.6640° N, 110.5644° W
Livingston, MT
A regional museum covering Yellowstone tourism, railroad history, Indigenous history, transportation, and the often-overlooked stories of Park County.
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- Weird history45.7981° N, 108.4938° W
Billings, MT
A hilltop gravesite and interpretive overlook for frontier scout Luther 'Yellowstone' Kelly, with broad views over Billings and the Yellowstone Valley.
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- Weird history28.7855° N, 82.6137° W
Homosassa, FL
Stone ruins of a Civil War-era sugar mill complex.
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- Weird history32.7276° N, 114.6149° W
Yuma, AZ
Cells, guard structures and exhibits survive from the territorial prison that operated here from 1876 to 1909. The hilltop site overlooks the Colorado River and preserves one of Arizona's strongest lawful prison-history destinations.
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