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Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

There is a mouldering Jewish cemetery hidden away in the capital of Moldova.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

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