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The oldest surviving stele in Japan is a personal dedication from a monk to his late mother.

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.

Here once stood an opulent state guest house that symbolized the Westernization of Japan.

Former home to Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka's dazzling Art Deco duplex studio.

A well-preserved quarry and six of eight continuous burning pot kilns used to make burnt lime and crushed stone are highlights of the self-guided walking tour in Fountain Rock Park.

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

This statue of the famed saint is missing his right hand, a rare depiction of his posthumous amputation.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

A small stone monument marks the spot on Stavely Road where the first of hundreds of missiles touched down during World War II.

This pond in Victoria Park is rumored to be bottomless, one of several legends that surround it.

Newfoundland's last remaining granite lighthouse.

The C. A. Nothnagle Log House stands as the oldest surviving log cabin in the United States, offering a remarkable glimpse into America's colonial past.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.