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A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

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

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

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

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20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.