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A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

Dozens of tiny doors dot Newport's Mansion Hill neighborhood.

He’s not from around here.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

Inspired by a piece of concrete, these three pyramid-shaped buildings have been beloved Indianapolis landmarks for over 50 years.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

The tombstone epitaph of Millicent Milroy commemorates her "marriage" to King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."