Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.