A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.