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Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

This "railway" for boats continues a waterway over a road.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

The Aldie Gristmill was once the largest factory of its kind in Loudoun County.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

A unique Soviet mosaic preserved on the facade of a shoe factory in Lviv.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

A powerful statue sits on Scalestone Point, looking out over Morecambe Bay.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

The abandoned buildings of a hospital that saw most of its activity during the World Wars.

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.