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This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Every summer, this shrine sets up a tiny drinking fountain reserved for thirsty apians.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Dozens of playful sculptures blanket these 200 rolling acres of farmland in an ode to art and landscape.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.