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The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

In Wilmington's hip Trolley Square neighborhood, a utility box has been repainted to resemble a classic gumball machine.

An abandoned suspension bridge on the Falkland Islands is crumbling into the water.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.

Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.

This iron building in the Amazon allegedly shares an architect with the Eiffel Tower.

This rural Australian restaurant claims to be the only restaurant in the world to be built almost entirely of sea shells.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

A cultural center dedicated to the preservation of the Yiddish language and culture with over a million volumes.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The owner of one of the oldest homes in Amherst had a unique request before the home could be turned into a museum.

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

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

The world's longest wildlife overpass provides Hilversum's critters with a safe alternative to trying their luck on the roadway.

A public center dedicated to showcasing and conserving the enormous shaggy Poitou donkey.

The world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary is a haven for New Zealand's rare and endangered species.