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Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

Once the nail factory shut its doors, this Swedish factory town was abandoned, leaving behind a modern ghost town.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.