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Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

The world's largest rotating world.

Cape Breton landmark filled with recognizable faces.