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Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.

One of the smallest churches in the United States is located along the side of the road in a residential neighborhood.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

Once an integral part of Native American life, very few of these communal New England stones have survived to the present day.

The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.

Location of the first public performance and singing of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.

A small burial ground honoring Native American veterans of the Revolutionary War.

A stone marker dedicated to the “Father of American Education.”

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

Wander the sprawling living museum on the site of one of a 16th-century community.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

Two stone markers honor the Nipmuc people who first settled here millennia ago.

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.