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The old Appalachian Club.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Elkmont Historic District

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Red Oak II

Carthage, Missouri

Red Oak II

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

Biosphere of Montreal

Montreal, Québec

Biosphere of Montreal

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Palace of Fine Arts

San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Maine State Building at Poland Spring Preservation Park

Poland, Maine

Maine State Building

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

"Trois Disques" in Parc Jean-Drapeau.

Montreal, Québec

‘Trois Disques’ ('Three Disks')

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

Marche Bonsecours

Montreal, Québec

Marché Bonsecours

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Ceiling Ship

Montreal, Québec

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel (The Sailors' Church)

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

Notre Dame Basilica

Montreal, Québec

Notre Dame Basilica

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The Rainbow

Montreal, Québec

Beaudry Metro

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

Interstate 80 Wildlife Overpass

Park City, Utah

I-80 Wildlife Overpass

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau

Bologna, Italy

Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau

A masterpiece of modern architecture that caused quite a stir in Paris, recreated in Bologna half a century later.

The fossil beds.  Looking east.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Tule Springs Fossil Beds

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Goonie Trails

Astoria, Oregon

Goonie Trails

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

The statue seen from the banks of the river.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg's Mini Statue of Liberty

A local prank turned town icon.

The Naked Truth

St. Louis, Missouri

‘The Naked Truth’

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

A sign proudly proclaiming the restaurant's claim to fame.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Site of the World's First KFC

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

Museum of Ancient Life

Lehi, Utah

Museum of Ancient Life

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

John Hutchings Museum

Lehi, Utah

John Hutchings Museum

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

The Summum Pyramid

Salt Lake City, Utah

Summum Pyramid

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Hallway of portraits.

Fillmore, Utah

Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

A photo of Nellie Unthank.

Cedar City, Utah

Nellie Pucell Unthank Memorial

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

Trona Pinnacles, San Bernardino County, CA 9/21/2016

Trona, California

Trona Pinnacles

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A 1963 Pilurs-Smith DSA-1 Miniplane built by Tracy Pilurs, winner of the 1962 Women's National Aerobatic Championship.

Cleveland, Ohio

International Women's Air & Space Museum

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

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