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Learn about the neighborhood founded by the last people ever brought to the United States by the Atlantic Slave Trade, still inhabited by their descendants.

This bullet spent 34 years lodged in the chest of Waruhiu Itote, a Mau Mau guerrilla fighter who resisted British colonial rule in the 1950s.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.

A statue of one of Mexico's founding fathers, located... not in Mexico

Yup, that's where the name came from.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.