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A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

When a guy acquired a free church, he hauled it away piece-by-piece to make it the tasting hall at his vineyard.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.