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An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.

This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.