The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

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

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.