A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

A steeple that now houses a small church.

One of the few remaining water-driven tool shops, originally built in 1911.

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

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

This pop-culture shop also offers the chance to become part of their favorite tv show or movie.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.

A team of concrete athletes stands in the middle of a traffic circle.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.