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Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

Enormous terracotta heads of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip can be seen on the side of the road to Windsor.

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.