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This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

A piece of telecommunications history.

Said to be haunted, this tower was constructed by a sugar importer as a gift to his wife.

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.

This stone bridge is all that remains of a submerged New Jersey town.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.

A New Jersey state park that was once Napoleon's brother's sprawling estate.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.

A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.

One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.