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A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.