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The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.