Ocean State Libraries

While there are more than 15,000 museums in our country, visitors get to see only about five percent of any institution's collections. Most museums simply don't have room to display everything they've got. However, there are a wide variety of surprising and intriguing reasons that, for example, the Smithsonian Institution doesn't display its collection of condoms, Florida's Lightner Museum locks up all but one of its shrunken heads, and a world-class...

Describes ten naturally occuring curiosities in the United States, including Acoustic Sand Mountain, Austin's bat colony, bristlecone pine trees, the flaming fountain in Pierre, South Dakota, and the Thurston lava tubes.

"This compelling documentary series presents a countdown of America's 60 most notorious unsolved mysteries and crimes. Explores all the unanswered questions throughout 10 fascinating episodes in this dramatic compilation program"--Container jacket.

"The Impossible Road Trip explores the roadside of all of America's 50 states, recalling the golden age of car travel with histories and color photos of iconic roadside attractions, as well as specially commissioned maps."--

"Every day is a holiday if someone wants it to be. No, really. Americas calendar is always adding new holidays, and some of them are truly odd. People from all over the world have moved to America, bringing unique traditions with them along the way. Other traditions are just silly and fun, such as September 19th's Talk Like a Pirate Day. With its high-interest subject matter and amazing photographs, this book will show readers the many holidays theyve...