Lee Vining, California
Grave of the Unknown Prospector
A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.
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Lee Vining, California
A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.
Rahway, New Jersey
The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."
Kamakura, Japan
The legendary Japanese filmmaker’s tombstone is marked by a single letter meaning “nothing," and bottles of sake.
Malmö, Sweden
The very rock that killed the stonemason marks his grave.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
Nefta, Tunisia
The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.
Ashalim, Israel
Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.
Yermo, California
A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Austinville, Virginia
This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.
Lawrence, Kansas
Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.
Wilson, Kansas
A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.
Victoria, Kansas
Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."
Burlington, Colorado
One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
Vallejo, California
The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.
San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
Cambria, California
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Goodland, Kansas
Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.
Kinston, North Carolina
The large vessel is known as world’s only full-scale replica of a Confederate ironclad.