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The Campbell House is better known by its nom de plume

Green Gables, Prince Edward Island

Anne of Green Gables Museum

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

Sandstone arch

Lower Darnley, Prince Edward Island

Red Sands of Prince Edward Island

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

Cape Forchu Lighthouse

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Cape Forchu Lighthouse

The first "applecore" style lighthouse in Nova Scotia.

Mortuary Bag No. 41

Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Titanic Mortuary Bag

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

Aerial view of digs on Oak Island in 1931

Western Shore, Nova Scotia

Oak Island Money Pit

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

A landscape of graves in the Ground.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Old Burying Ground

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

The museum as seen from the road.

McMinnville, Oregon

Evergreen Aviation Museum

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The H-4 Hercules, aka "Spruce Goose."

McMinnville, Oregon

The Spruce Goose

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

View of Casa Loma from the garden

Toronto, Ontario

Casa Loma

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Vanity Ballroom

Detroit, Michigan

Vanity Ballroom

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

Former exit of the zoo not forever closed
Permanently Closed

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Children's Zoo

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

A postcard from the inside of the aquarium, dating to 1907 or 1908.

Detroit, Michigan

Belle Isle Aquarium

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Nancy Brown Peace Carillon.

Detroit, Michigan

Nancy Brown Peace Carillon

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

Boatnerd Vantage Point at the Great Lakes Maritime Center (Port Huron, Michigan) - August 25, 2017
Permanently Closed

Port Huron, Michigan

Boatnerd Vantage Point

A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

A polished Petoskey Stone.

Harbor Springs, Michigan

Petoskey State Park

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Charlevoix's pie pan

Charlevoix, Michigan

Former World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

John Dillinger's grave.

Indianapolis, Indiana

John Dillinger's Grave

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

Mammoth Cave

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Mammoth Cave

The world's longest known cave system.

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Lincoln City, Indiana

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

Press with typesetting

Palmyra, New York

Grandin Printing Shop

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

Track 61

New York, New York

Track 61

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A daytime view of the grate, looking north on Lexington Avenue towards the corner of 52nd Street.

New York, New York

Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Can you hear it?

New York, New York

Times Square Hum

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Berlin Wall Section

New York, New York

Berlin Wall Section

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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