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The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

A sun-filled museum featuring an ever-rotating collection of classic and exotic cars.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.

These fossilized remains of an ancient saber-toothed cat inspired the mascot of Nashville's NHL team.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

Though it is far from the site of the attacks on September 11, 2001, this memorial trail commemorates the lives that were lost on that day.