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A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A nearly 200-year-old Catholic mission built to serve the native people of Idaho.

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

Florence's historic adobe county courthouse was turned into a historic site that honors one of Arizona's most prominent political leaders.

An improbable sinkhole in the sediments flanking the Beaver Dam Mountains.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.