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This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.