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This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.