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A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

One of the last remaining covered bridges in the region.

This church doubles a museum dedicated to Norwegian heritage.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

This Native American cemetery features decades-old spirit house hidden behind pine trees and moss.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.