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Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

This pop-culture shop also offers the chance to become part of their favorite tv show or movie.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.