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This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

An amazing example of Federal-period architecture, truly unique to this region of the state.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

JFK's assassin rented a room in the boarding house in the weeks leading up to the 1963 shooting.

Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.

The former desk of Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto is all that remains after his mysterious disappearance following a drug conviction.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.