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This beachside town is home to a diverse nature reserve, multiple cays, and one of the three bioluminescent bays in Puerto Rico.

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

The once-booming fox ranching industry has left its mark on Prince Edward Island.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

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

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.