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America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

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

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

Hidden beneath a restaurant, underground tunnels tell the story of Malta’s tragic role in World War II.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

Zambia's smallest national park is home to one of the world's largest annual mammal migrations.

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.