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Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

In a forgotten Central Valley industrial park lies the busiest railroad junction in California.

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.