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These old World War II fortifications have been transformed into an unusual equine attraction.

A mostly desolate bar on a remote island hosts hundreds of sailors for a few days each year.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The corner walls of a primary school showcase a Mexican version of memento mori.

In Mexico, an abandoned Scottish-looking castle stands as a tribute to love.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

The grounds of this former dairy hacienda now contain an entire town inspired by Tuscany, Italy.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.