Wichita Falls, Texas
Newby-McMahon Building
World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
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Wichita Falls, Texas
World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Porrentruy, Switzerland
This little museum is packed with information about the region's past and present biodiversity.
Basel, Switzerland
Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
Geneva, Switzerland
This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.
Bern, Switzerland
This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.
Zurich, Switzerland
This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.
Grindelwald, Switzerland
The second-highest train station in Europe.
Zurich, Switzerland
This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.
Zurich, Switzerland
Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.