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This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

Ride aboard a centuries-year-old steam engine and explore dozens of trains parts, including an unusual "comboose."

A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

This former Soviet military base has over 10 original aircraft and an enormous amount of memorabilia on display.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Trek through the jungle on a boat and a swinging bridge and you'll be rewarded with these refreshing, if pungent, mineral pools.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The last gas works in England and Wales details how people once extracted the resource from coal.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.