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Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.