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The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.

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

A Victorian cemetery hidden along a trucking route is all that remains of a 19th century village.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.