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A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The building is topped by a Statue of Liberty statue whose torch has stayed burning since the museum opened.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."