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The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

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