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Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

The mystery of Brazil's "Land of Twins" has led to wild theories such as Nazi genetic experiments.

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

True to his word, George Swanson is buried in his white 1984 Corvette.