This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A set of parking garage escalators doubling as a historical overview of Rotterdam.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

Take a walk through the history of strength sports—from the early Olympic Games to modern day.

A tribute to a great Texas blues musician.

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

The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.

In honor of a local spinster's dying wish, this chapel harbors an eerily lifelike wax effigy.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.

The remains of what was once a motte-and-bailey castle, these earthworks offer visitors a tangible connection to England’s medieval past.

This towering, fire-breathing dragon guards a community’s buried treasure.

A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.

This 39-foot-tall version of a Hopi figure stands in Arizona.

A museum dedicated to preserving, promoting, and advancing the art and craft of fine metalwork.

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.