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Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

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The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

Comprised of Spanish war cannons, this sculpture once graced the bow of a WWI warship.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.

A tiny 1857 chapel sits on top of a secluded, forested hill.