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An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

The last living verified Revolutionary War veteran was buried here nearly 100 years after American independence.

The oldest institution of higher education in Wisconsin and the first to admit women.

A hauntingly preserved early 20th-century industrial flour mill featuring a grand central tower, ornate spiral staircases, and original milling machinery left untouched.

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

It is the oldest remaining stairway William Penn created to give Philadelphia citizens access to the port area.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

A turn-of-the-century agricultural architecture movement turned out to be a fad that caught on the strongest near Rochester, Indiana.

This museum seems tiny but is absolutely packed full of regional history.

Cushing was one of the founders of the United States and his grave is located in a tiny, odd, tucked-away state park with very little signage.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Austin’s first public mural is a 50-year-old psychedelic time capsule where armadillos, musicians, outlaws and local legends hide an entire city’s history in plain sight.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Abandoned and overgrown town with views of the Mediterranean Sea.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The sequential animation shows a galloping horse stretching, morphing into a winged Pegasus, and finally transforming into a bird soaring.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A centuries-old Virginia mill pond is also an outdoor classroom where history is told through recipes.