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On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A communal hub where threads of countless textile traditions intertwine.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

A big museum full of little worlds.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

Oklahoma City's oldest arcade has reinvented itself as a competitive pinball mecca.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.