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A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."