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A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.