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An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

After a long, dark winter in the upper latitudes, Yellowknife knows how to let it all out in unparalleled style.

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.