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Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.