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Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.