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This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

This symbol of Polish heritage survived the occupation during World War II, hidden in plain sight.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.