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The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This former railway facility is the oldest in Slovenia, and now houses a museum showcasing the history of steam locomotives.

Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

Once home to artillery, this garden offers more peace today than it did during its war-torn past.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

New Zealand's most advertised nonexistent landmark

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

This path is named for a mythical half-boar, half-deer creature that once roamed the Green Mountains.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.