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Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

The world's longest known cave system.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.