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A two-headed calf from Marsh's oddities collection.

Long Beach, Washington

Marsh's Free Museum

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Three levels of shopping stacked on top of one another, built above the world's largest underground aquarium, and centered around a full-blown indoor amusement park.

Bloomington, Minnesota

The Mall of America

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Banff Springs Hotel

Banff, Alberta

Banff Springs Hotel

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Entrance to the Coca-Cola vault.

Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Secret Formula Vault

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

“Revere and Sons” visible at the top of the bell

Boston, Massachusetts

Site of Boston's First Bell

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

Camp 2

Oswiecim, Poland

Auschwitz Concentration Camp

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Standin' On the Corner Park

Winslow, Arizona

Standin’ On the Corner Park

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Buford, Wyoming: Population 0

Buford, Wyoming

Buford, Wyoming: Population 0

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Fort Worden Artillery Battery

Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden Artillery Battery

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

Times Square Ball from Above

New York, New York

One Times Square

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Old Man of the Lake

Crater Lake, Oregon

Old Man of the Lake

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Japadog

Vancouver, British Columbia

Japadog

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Crystal Cathedral, designed by Philip Johnson: Interior, world's third largest organ features 16,000 pipes.

Garden Grove, California

Christ Cathedral (Crystal Cathedral)

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Bunker Hill Monument

Boston, Massachusetts

Bunker Hill Monument

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Closeup of Man with Fish.

Chicago, Illinois

Man With Fish

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The Corn Palace

Mitchell, South Dakota

The Corn Palace

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Some of the interesting flora in the garden.

Seattle, Washington

Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Weather Machine

Portland, Oregon

Weather Machine

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Thomas Thornycroft's statue of Boadicea and her Daughters in London.

London, England

Boadicea and Her Daughters

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Yoho National Park

Field, British Columbia

Yoho National Park

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Sergeant Stubby at the Smithsonian

Washington, D.C.

Sergeant Stubby

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor.

Long Beach, California

RMS Queen Mary

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Hampton Court Maze

East Molesey, England

Hampton Court Maze

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

Gone .... Forever?

Lima, Peru

Convento de San Francisco Ossuary

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

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