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New York, New York

284 Broome Street

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
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New York, New York

The Standard Oil Building

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
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New York, New York

The Cross at Ground Zero

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
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New York, New York

Matryoshka at Wall Street Bath & Spa 88

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.
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New York, New York

New York Federal Gold Vault

More gold than anywhere else, ever.
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New York, New York

New York Society Library

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
Luster, Norway

Urnes Stave Church

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.
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Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Cave Church

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
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Midland, Texas

The Petroleum Museum

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.
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Burnet, Texas

Longhorn Cavern

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
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Fredericksburg, Texas

Enchanted Rock

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
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Cisco, Texas

Old Zoo Nature Trails

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
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Newberry Springs, California

Bagdad Cafe

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.
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Cedar Creek, Texas

Pecan Pie Vending Machine

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
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Cedar Creek, Texas

Ms. Pearl

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
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Schulenburg, Texas

Painted Churches of Texas

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

Old Car City

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.
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Savannah, Georgia

The Paris Market

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Milledgeville, Georgia

Central State Hospital

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Added by trumpus
Bigelow, Arkansas

Toad Suck

Town not known for anything except its strange name.
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Edgard, Louisiana

Whitney Plantation

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.
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Lutcher, Louisiana

Bonfires on the Levee for Papa Noel

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.
Added by Tammy Mercure
Zachary, Louisiana

Teddy’s Juke Joint

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.
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Sulphur, Oklahoma

Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Once the smallest park in the national system.
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