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This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.