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A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

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

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.