This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.