In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.