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Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.