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A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

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

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

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

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.