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El Campo Santo Cemetery.

San Diego, California

El Campo Santo Cemetery

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

Whaley House

San Diego, California

Whaley House

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The Statue "Unconditional Surrender" in front of the USS Midway

San Diego, California

Unconditional Surrender

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Harper's Topiary Garden

San Diego, California

Harper's Topiary Garden

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Venice of America Canals

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The Jericho Covered Bridge

Kingsville, Maryland

Jericho Covered Bridge

Scary stories haunt this wooden bridge.

Fudo Myo-o Statue

Osaka, Japan

Fudo Myo-o Statue

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

bronze statue of a woman with a samurai sword and fan in a kimono

Kyoto, Japan

Statue of Izumo-no-Okuni

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

The torii arch is out on the shopping street…

Kyoto, Japan

Nishiki Tenmangū Shrine

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

Transparent Toilet

Tokyo, Japan

Transparent Restroom

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

The tanuki of Tamon-ji.

Tokyo, Japan

Tamon-ji (Tanuki Temple)

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

Mountain Dew Headstone

Johnson City, Tennessee

Mountain Dew Headstone

This bottle-shaped monument pays tribute to the Appalachian drink that changed the pace of human life.

The Asahi Flame

Tokyo, Japan

The Asahi Flame

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

The hypocenter and surrounding devastation immediately after the detonation of the bomb

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima's Hypocenter

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Crypt of the Three Skeletons.

Rome, Italy

Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Robert the Doll

Key West, Florida

Robert the Doll

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden

Key West, Florida

Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.

The Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House

Key West, Florida

The Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

US 1 Mile 0 sign.

Key West, Florida

U.S. Route 1 Mile 0 Sign

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

Key West, Florida

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Tourists flock to the buoy (Flickr/Turtle43)

Key West, Florida

Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Jockey's Ridge

Nags Head, North Carolina

Jockey's Ridge

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Teaching About the Sins of the Past.

Annapolis, Maryland

Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

Nashville Parthenon

Nashville, Tennessee

Concrete Parthenon

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

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