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Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.