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The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.

An enormous mural of a local Nashville resident adorns this abandoned silo.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

This grassy field marks the site of a surprising religious conflict.

This 19th-century building showcases memorabilia from the acclaimed 1939 film.

Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.

You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.

This fourth-generation family business is reviving West Virginia's historic tradition of salt-making.

The birthplace of a tobacco empire.

The final resting place of the founder of a beloved national sausage brand.

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

Tune into an alternate universe at this immersive art installation.

This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.

A celebration of one man’s obsession to collect the strangest items imaginable.

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

A small World War II museum housed in what was once the largest navigation school in the United States.

Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

One of the largest collections of intact Victorian-era waterworks equipment in the world.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

The home and birthplace of Caroline Dormon, a naturalist, artist, and the "mother of the Kisatchie National Forest."