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A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.