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A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

This historic Canadian jail was once the longest operating prison in the country and is now open for people to incarcerate themselves.

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.