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This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.