Park Ridge, Illinois
Pickwick Theatre
A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.
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Park Ridge, Illinois
A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.
Huntsville, Alabama
It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Port Orange, Florida
Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.
DeKalb, Illinois
This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Heidelberg, Germany
This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.
San Rafael, California
Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Edison, New Jersey
A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.
Nashville, Tennessee
This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Kyoto, Japan
The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.
Sinsheim, Germany
It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.
Brookfield, Illinois
It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
DeLand, Florida
The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.
Panajachel, Guatemala
A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.
Chicago, Illinois
Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.
Toppenish, Washington
Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.
Breezanddijk, Netherlands
The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.
Hammondsport, New York
Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Guatemala
Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.