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This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

These hilariously laughing bronze figures lampoon empty promises while encouraging civic engagement.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.