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Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.