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Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

Population: 1.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.

The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.

Made to improve road safety, these policemen-like figurines in Miyakojima island have earned an enthusiastic fanbase.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.