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The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

One of New Jersey's oldest churches is a historical treasure trove.

A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.