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Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

Take a ride on antique streetcars from across Canada.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.