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Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

Fascinating exhibits of prehistoric and ancient artifacts displayed with a uniquely modern touch.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

At 72 feet below sea level, it's the lowest commercial airport in the world.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

An archaeological treasure trove towers over the valley of Chiavenna.