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A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Not a single witness can attest to the creation of the world's largest geoglyph.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

A secret meeting in this small cottage changed the course of British history.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.