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National Museum of Funeral History

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

‘Giant’ Marfa Mural

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

jocelynharris230

Added by jocelynharris230

‘Sleeping Figure’

Twelve decommissioned shipping containers evoke a reclining person in Marfa, Texas.

GREG MEYER md

Added by GREG MEYER md

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Andy Gump Statue

An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.

MagicTony

Added by MagicTony

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

St. Joan of Arc Chapel

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Added by mschiebs1

Forest Park, Illinois

Showmen’s Rest

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.

richkraetsch

Added by richkraetsch

Hillside, Illinois

Al Capone’s Grave

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.

Added by sorcha1977

Chicago, Illinois

Ping Tom Memorial Park

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

MarlaRose

Added by MarlaRose

Chicago, Illinois

Superdawg Drive-In

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

halkoss

Added by halkoss

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Bronze Cow

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

Added by blimpcaptain

Chicago, Illinois

Margie’s Candies

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

halkoss

Added by halkoss

Galveston, Texas

S. S. Selma

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

doddmelcher

Added by doddmelcher

POST Houston

A former post office turned venue, food hall, and retail center.

Added by andresbernal1982

Denver, Colorado

Soundwalk

A unique auditory experience right on the sidewalk.

Added by Rejane

Denver, Colorado

Allen Tupper True Murals at the Mountain States Telephone Building

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.

Added by apcongleton

Denver, Colorado

Clyfford Still Museum

Soak in the life’s work of one of the country’s foremost modern artists.

halkoss

Added by halkoss

Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Hall of Fame

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

Added by traceywilson

Denver, Colorado

Grave of Helen Peters Nosworthy

Here lies the woman who named the Ouija Board.

VRLNDR

Added by VRLNDR

Denver, Colorado

Prismatic Electric Fountain

This stunning, technicolor array of geysers has occupied Ferril lake since 1908.

Added by traceywilson

Denver, Colorado

‘Notre Denver’

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

‘Malin’s Fountain’

An 18-foot-tall troll sculpture, made from recycled wood and materials found in nature.

HOPE Outdoor Gallery

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

wulymammoth

Added by wulymammoth

Davis Cemetery

Victims of the Webster Massacre are buried here in a mass grave.

Betty Saenz in Austin

Added by Betty Saenz in Austin

Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Dylan