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This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

A funerary monument for two brothers who served in the Roman cavalry.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

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

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

A palatial art deco restroom.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.