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Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

The world's longest known cave system.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

These fossilized remains of an ancient saber-toothed cat inspired the mascot of Nashville's NHL team.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.