The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.