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Storage units with a wartime past.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.