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The outdoor area of this contemporary art museum in Mexico is a modernist reinterpretation of hacienda architecture.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

Fried artichokes and other Roman–Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Feast on twice-cooked goat with plantains and other Haitian street food dishes.

Chef Serigne Mbaye weaves stories through his carefully composed modern Senegalese tasting menus.

A tree so massive it claims half the road, standing at the intersection of history and folklore.

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

This massive cave is a sight to behold.

A monument dedicated to the Armorial Movement of northeastern Brazil.

A fully functional, commercial, miniature art gallery.

The final resting place of the renowned, eccentric artist doesn’t even include his name.

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