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The Merry Cemetery

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Documenting the Holy Dead Through Saints' Relics

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Elephant Clock

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Cloisters of the Ancient Spanish Monastery

North Miami Beach, Florida

P.T. Barnum Museum

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Trumbullplex

Detroit, Michigan

Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch

Los Angeles, California

Pleasure Beach Ghost Town

Stratford, Connecticut

Space Needle

Seattle, Washington

Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame

Seattle, Washington

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Seattle, Washington

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Detroit, Michigan

Fremont Troll

Seattle, Washington

Demon Murder Trial Sites

Brookfield, Connecticut

Pacific Park Solar Ferris Wheel

Santa Monica, California

Heidelberg Project

Detroit, Michigan

The Dequindre Cut Greenway

Detroit, Michigan

Skull and Bones Tomb

New Haven, Connecticut

Seattle Underground

Seattle, Washington

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Seattle, Washington

Castle in Downtown Detroit

Detroit, Michigan

Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Detroit, Michigan

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