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This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.