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The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.

This former hydraulic laboratory is now a woodland dotted with old engineering models.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

While filling up your gas tank in eastern Kentucky, you just might stumble into this collection of country music memorabilia.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

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

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.