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"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T.S. Eliot
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The Abandoned Dutch Reform Church Cemetery

Beacon, New York

The Abandoned Dutch Reform Church Cemetery

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

Neruda's Gate by Mark di Suervo

New Windsor, New York

Storm King Art Center

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Fairy Houses of Mendon Ponds Park

Honeoye Falls, New York

Fairy Houses of Mendon Ponds Park

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

Hutchison Hall Specimen Collection.

Rochester, New York

Hutchison Hall Specimen Collection

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

Heart eyes.

Amersfoort, Netherlands

Plein Rond de Eik

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

Swinburne Island.

Staten Island, New York

Swinburne Island

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

Central stones at Kūkaniloko Birthstones

Wahiawa, Hawaii

Kukaniloko Birthstones

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

The six-story treehouse.

Ithaca, New York

Cayuga Nature Center

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

Wojtek the Soldier Bear, Duns.

Duns, Scotland

Scottish Borders Wojtek the Soldier Bear

The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

Washington, D.C.'s "Spirit of American Youth."

Washington, D.C.

'Spirit of American Youth' Statue

A replica of the famous memorial statue at the Normandy American Cemetery hides in an office building in downtown D.C.

Very hot books in a very hot shop.

Quartzsite, Arizona

Reader's Oasis Books

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

The rook in the red coat.

Canterbury, England

The Rook in the Red Coat

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

Conjurer Jason England teaches a card trick.

New York, New York

The Conjuring Arts Research Center

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

Low shrubs influenced by cave microclimate.

Pine Bush, New York

Ellenville Fault Ice Caves

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

Hotel Hershey.

Hershey, Pennsylvania

Hotel Hershey

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

The Raven Lounge

Detroit, Michigan

The Raven Lounge

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

The fireplace from the outside of the ranch house.

Willcox, Arizona

James Garfield Memorial Fireplace

This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.

Kane Street Impaled Pumpkins

Brooklyn, New York

Kane Street Impaled Pumpkins

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

The orange roof is still shining, with the iconic weathervane standing tall.
Permanently Closed

Lake George, New York

The Last Howard Johnson's

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

National Comedy Center

Jamestown, New York

National Comedy Center

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

A statue of Hadrosaurus in downtown Haddonfield.

Haddonfield, New Jersey

Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

The many heads of social justice.

Alexandria, Egypt

Tamr Hena Museum

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

Bayernhof Museum

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bayernhof Music Museum

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

The chapel upon entering the cemetery.

Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland

Cedar Hill Cemetery

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

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