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Unusual Attractions in Cooperstown

Cooperstown, New York

Kingfisher Castle

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

Cooperstown, New York

The Cardiff Giant

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

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Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

11 miles from Cooperstown

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The Glove Museum

The only American museum exclusively dedicated to the exhibition of gloves.

15 miles from Cooperstown

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Beardslee Castle

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

23 miles from Cooperstown

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