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The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

Stockholm's famed ghost train is now on display at an art park in northern Sweden.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

Where the famed frontiersman was born, raised, and survived Quaker intrigue

The site of a famous samurai duel.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

This medieval church is not only notable for its architecture, but also its connection with LGBTQ+ history.

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.