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An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

A unique tombstone, lovingly made by the author’s son, honors his literary talents.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

This traffic circle in a small Swedish town is adorned with a statue of a giant potato.

A few crumbling buildings and the occasional pipe sticking out of the ground are all that remains of the largest refugee camp in Sweden during World War II.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

A dilapidated Victorian mansion sits in the middle of a Virginia golf course.

This unassuming home played a pivotal role in American history, essentially putting an end to the Revolutionary War.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.