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The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.