Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.