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A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

A giant coin serves as a very unusual yet creative monument commemorating one of the most important people in the history of Trieste.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

This dragon-shaped sports arena is the world’s largest solar-powered stadium.

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.