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These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.

This no-frills bar in rural Wisconsin has become a haven for thirsty travelers.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

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

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.