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A self-proclaimed infidel who had no hope of heaven nor fear of hell, Towell was free of superstition.

A century-old local legend surrounds the grave of Barbara Snyder due to its eerie epitaph.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

After emancipation, former slaves paved the roads of their newly built settlement with these bricks.

One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

A seaside morgue for the victims of the North Sea.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

A World War I relic found in the middle of a modern residential area.

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."

A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

There's no booze at this juke joint—just some of the best blues in Baton Rouge.

A 400-year-old live oak tree with a fictitiously morbid past.

A forgotten 1800s burial vault hides in plain sight beneath a busy downtown Houston bridge.

London's old-school healing garden.

Two copies of a rejected Victorian-era lamp design still stand along the Thames River.

The only statue of a royal mistress in all of London.

An extraordinary collection of artifacts spanning 500 years of medical history.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.