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Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

Oldest and rarest examples of telecommunication in the world.

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

This wild game of "football" between two sections of an English town has been staged every year for countless centuries.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

After a long, dark winter in the upper latitudes, Yellowknife knows how to let it all out in unparalleled style.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

Crumbled shell of one of the oldest buildings in Virginia.

A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

This 19th century machine put animals (including humans) in boxes to study how they metabolized calories.

Penn State's giant bug collection.

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