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This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

An ode to iconic Nashville locations.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

A legendary music collector donated his entire collection to the entire city of Memphis.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Flaunt your karaoke chops at this pitch-perfect dive bar.