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The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.