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A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

A mausoleum dedicated to a warrior felled by misplaced loyalty and tragic circumstances.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

This secret facility trained seals for the Swedish navy during the Second World War.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.