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J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The author of Alice in Wonderland spent his final years at this whimsical Victorian home.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.