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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

An old airplane engine forms an unusual cairn atop this Moroccan peak.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

For nearly 50 years this airplane that crashed during World War II remained missing in the remote Australian backcountry.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.