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This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

Full-scale dinosaurs dominate the forested park in the middle of Chile’s second city.

The realistic reptiles lurk along the side of a highway.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.