Ashmore, Illinois
St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
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Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Lemont, Illinois
This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.
Chicago, Illinois
What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.
Chicago, Illinois
Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.
London, England
This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
General Levalle, Argentina
Guitar made of trees, dedicated to a man's lost love.
Cleveland, Ohio
The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.
Arizona
These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.
Brevard, North Carolina
This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.
San Miguel Regla, Mexico
This active fish farm has opened and expanded its lands to become a multi-faceted tourist attraction.
Leominster, Massachusetts
The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.
London, England
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Chicago, Illinois
Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.
Waldoboro, Maine
Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.
Southwest Harbor, Maine
A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.