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A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.