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This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

At this privately owned collection, conflicts are humanized through soldiers’ personal belongings.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

A brass and marble scale model of the solar system embedded in the concrete.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.