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Where dioramas can follow you home.

From banquet hall to Masonic Lodge and now concert venue, Ganz Hall is a breathtaking glimpse of into the golden age of American architecture.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

A nearly abandoned Jewish settlement perched atop a hill in the heart of Yemen.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

A 70-foot replica of the famed Eiffel Tower.

An homage to the pointers and retrievers that have long been a hunter's best friend.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.