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This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

A monument to Poland's famous alleged UFO abduction case.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

The whole world in one water tank.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.