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Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

On the outskirts of San Antonio, a small bridge is said to be the home of a mysterious local legend known as the "Donkey Lady."

Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.