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This is the house that spite built.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.