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The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

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This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.