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Cool Patch Pumpkins Corn Maze in Dixon, California
There are some elaborate corn mazes out there, but the Cooley Brothers took the Halloween favorite to a whole other level.Cool Patch Pumpkins has been growing and selling pumpkins since 1999; however,...
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Mozumdar Temple in Crestline, California
The Mozumdar temple bears a striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal, with one notable difference; this temple in the middle of the California forest.The peculiar structure is thanks to one man, A.K...
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Madrid Christmas Parade in Madrid, New Mexico
Referred to as "Christmas City" by those in the know, Madrid was a mining town that had a Christmas celebration that rivaled all others. In the first half of the 20th century, even Walt Disney himself...
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Hachikyo in Sapporo, Japan
Shaming wasteful children into realizing that food is not a thing to be taken for granted is the job of every parent with the luxury to do so.The Hachikyo restaurant in Sapporo, Japan has also taken on...
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Swetsville Zoo in Fort Collins, Colorado
Mention a trip to the zoo, and it will conjure all sorts of whimsical childhood memories of chattering monkeys, aquatic acrobats, and stuffed animals. This is not that kind of zoo.The Swetsville Zoo is...
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Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge , California
"A maze is a path on which the end cannot be seen from the beginning. Mazes dating back to ancient times are found in all cultures. Some are intended to help the traveler reach enlightenment; others...
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Cameron Barnstormer Murals in Cameron, North Carolina
It's not unusual for an old barn to be reinvigorated by painting a mural on its broad walls. We've all seen the old Mail Pouch Tobacco murals that dot the countryside using barns as their canvas.But in...
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Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, California
The once whimsical play-land of the late pop superstar Michael Jackson is now abandoned, the amusement park rides quiet and the grounds overgrown.Years since Jackson left his sequestered estate which...
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Eagle and High Peak Mine in Julian, California
The small mountain town of Julian, California is well-known regionally for its delicious apple pies, but the historical heart of the place is best found off the main road a little ways.In 1870, gold...
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Nunhead Cemetery in London, England
Now a Local Nature Reserve, the Nunhead Cemetery reopened to the public in 2001 with forty historic monuments restored, but much of the property is still overgrown.Originally known as The Nunhead...
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Shrine of Saint Francis Cabrini in New York, New York
Catholic Americans have never taken to mummified saints with quite the same zeal as their European counterparts. Nonetheless a few American saint relics do exist and Mother Cabrini's mummified body in...
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Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau in Phnom Sampov, Cambodia
The Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau (also known as Phnom Sampov) are a place of beauty, turned tragedy, turned beauty once more.The cave is located halfway up a mountain, which is dotted with beautiful...
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Moonhole Homes in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Named for the extraordinary stone arch that stretches over the first home built in the community, Moonhole is an eclectic community of homes designed to blend with nature.Founded in the 1960s by New...
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Apache Death Cave in Two Guns, Arizona
In 1878, a group of Apache raiders attacked a Navajo encampment near the Little Colorado river. Almost every man, woman, and child was killed in the raid. When the Apache finished looting the...
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Museum of the History of Medicine in Paris, France
The Museum of the History of Medicine (Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine) in Paris has collections dating back to the 18th century celebrating the evolution of medical instruments.The collections, with...
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Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, New York
Abandoned since 1996, this former psychiatric institution stands as a relic of a partially forgotten era. Out of the more than 150 buildings that have stood on its grounds, several still stand and...
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Thunderhead Underground Falls in Blackhawk, South Dakota
A rusted chain link gate leads to a dark, misty tunnel, the sounds of rushing water surrounds and echoes off of the dripping walls. The deeper you go, the darker and louder it gets, until the pathway...
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Meroe Pyramids in Sudan
Slowly being reclaimed by the sands of time (literally), the pyramids of Meroë hold the fragile footprints a mysterious and long-forgotten civilization.Meroë was an ancient city in the Kushite Kingdom,...
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California Coastal Records Project in Malibu, California
Editor's Note: While California Coastal Records Project is a website, and not an actual place, we are making an exception to the rule and have allowed it to remain in the compendium due to its...
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George Washington's Bathtub in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Tapping into what is presumably a small, yet apparently existent focal point of historical interest, Berkeley Springs State Park demonstrates the tools used back before 1784 to create the tub from...
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