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The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

These boots are made for selfies.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

A tribute to a great Texas blues musician.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

The final resting place of one of Chicago’s most iconic drill rappers.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.