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The structure retains a lot of the charm of centuries past.

Montague, Massachusetts

The Montague Book Mill

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

A mural depicts a slightly different version of the Northampton bank robbery of 1876.

Northampton, Massachusetts

Northampton Bank Robbery Mural

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

Fairfield State Hospital
Permanently Closed

Newtown, Connecticut

Fairfield Hills Hospital

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

Aerial view of the tower and surrounding landscape.

Hamden, Connecticut

Sleeping Giant Observation Tower

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

Peak fall

Rochester, New York

Mount Hope Cemetery

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

How the place gets its name

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

The exterior of the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum

This museum shaped like an inflating balloon celebrates the sport’s buoyant achievements.

Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.

Abiquiu, New Mexico

Ghost Ranch

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

The Ivy Side

San Antonio, Texas

Rosita's Bridge

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Standin' On the Corner Park

Winslow, Arizona

Standin’ On the Corner Park

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Land of Medicine Buddha

Soquel, California

Land of Medicine Buddha

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

Art honoring the role of Congo Square in the birth of jazz.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Congo Square

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The Forensic Anthropology Research Facility.

San Marcos, Texas

Freeman Ranch Body Farm

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

Mysterious Carved Rocks of Los Alamos

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Mysterious Carved Rocks of Los Alamos

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

The House at Otowi Bridge

San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

House at Otowi Bridge

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

The Pierotti's Clowns mural

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Pierotti’s Clowns Monument

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.

This building is a re-creation of the Main Gate used during the Los Alamos Project.

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Main Gate Park

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

The Pointer

Corona, New Mexico

'Cowboy Ruckus'

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

Drivers have to go 45 miles per hour to hear the song.
Permanently Closed

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Musical Highway

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

TinkerTown

Sandia Park, New Mexico

TinkerTown

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

Connie's Photo Park.

Madrid, New Mexico

Connie's Photo Park

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

The long bar, with the dollar bills in the background.

Madrid, New Mexico

Mine Shaft Tavern

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici. (61736507/Flickr)

Florence, Italy

Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

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