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Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Welcome to the home of the world's largest typewriter company.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

The biggest exposition of dental equipement in Europe. And a Mummy.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

A cityscape of burial tombs that you can easily lose yourself in.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

This ornate church has survived Nazi and Soviet occupation, including a short stint as a Soviet-era gymnasium and cinema.

A medieval abbey featured on 'Game of Thrones' that dates back to the 12th century.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.