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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
44.4595, -88.2140
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Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
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The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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Gland, Switzerland
Villa Rose
This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.
Talkeetna, Alaska
Dr. Seuss House aka The Goose Creek Tower
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Quthing, Lesotho
Masitise Cave House Museum
This odd little home was built right into an African rock face.
Permanently Closed
Savannah, Georgia
Alex Raskin Antiques
The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Wharton Esherick Museum
The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.
Marseille, France
Unite d'Habitation and the Radiant City
What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?
Guise, France
Familistère de Guise
This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.
Permanently Closed
Fountain City, Wisconsin
The Rock in the House
This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.
New York, New York
The Morris-Jumel Mansion
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
New York, New York
Marble Hill
Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.
Little Falls, New York
Beardslee Castle
Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.
Masuleh, Iran
Masuleh
In this tiny Iranian town playing on the roof isn't just encouraged, it's the only place to go.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The Abandoned Pietermaai Mansions
The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.
Lecce, Italy
Vincent City
An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.
Staten Island, New York
Kreischer Mansion
This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.
Bruges, Belgium
The Lucifernum
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Iceland
SamĂºel JĂ³nsson's Art Farm
This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.
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