60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

A symbol of Texas pride.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

This nondescript building was the birthplace of Morris cars.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.