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A mother’s sweet tradition lives on with this unique memorial.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.