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The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.