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A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

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

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

A remnant of the Roman army's presence on the coast of Scotland.

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This abandoned iron furnace was one of the first to use coke—a type of high-carbon fuel—to make iron.

This building, previously used as a courthouse, has an unusual geological feature in its basement.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

This 1960's Soviet submarine in Peenemünde Harbor claims to be the largest submarine museum in the world.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The largest hewn stone in history.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.