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Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

A tiny 1857 chapel sits on top of a secluded, forested hill.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

In 1859, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared in this small town.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

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

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

This memorial and the seawall that it stands near are powerful symbols of the island’s resilience.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

A massive museum preserving the United States culture and the home of Abraham Lincoln's sleigh.

This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

The Reagan Peace Garden at Eureka College features a chunk of the Berlin Wall.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.