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A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

One man's collection of found art, sculpture, and ephemera adorns his two side-by-side homes.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.