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The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

Eclectic musical collection ranging from hurdy gurdies and orphicas to the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

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

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.