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A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A poignant memorial to the 106 coal miners killed in three major accidents in Derbyshire.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

A fitting tribute to a beloved local boxing coach that's produced four world champions.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

This small Irish village suffered the greatest loss of life when the Titanic sank.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.