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The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

A museum in Hokkaido is housed in a former high school. On its grounds a marker shares the awakening of a man who longs to be reunited with his soulmate in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.