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Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

The striking and little-touristed ruins of an ancient city destroyed and rebuilt by the Aztecs.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A working ranch doubles as a sustainable hub for world-renowned classical music and large-scale sculptures.

Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Explore the history of Mexico's lesser-known ancient alcoholic beverage.

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

Like Mars, but much closer.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.