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A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.