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Costa Rica's best known combat zone, used during the Battle of Santa Rosa.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

At 431 feet and 10 inches, this is the longest historic covered bridge in the United States.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

An eerie ship cemetery with gunfire as a soundtrack.

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Picturesque and haunting, these 160-year-old stone ruins on top of a bluff are the only remains of a settler's legacy.

The place where World War I began.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.