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This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

The final resting place for an internet icon.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

An immersive exhibition that meditates on death and life.

The birthplace and original home of the legendary American playwright.

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.

A raised Japanese building has preserved 8th-century artifacts for more than a millennium, earning this log cabin a reputation as the "world's oldest museum."

The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

A fossilized pie discovered during renovations of a traditional English pub is now on display.

The remnants of what was once the largest film studio on the East Coast are hiding in plain sight.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.