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Brewmaster's Castle

Washington, D.C.

The Brewmaster's Castle

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Lower area of the spillway.

Lenexa, Kansas

Lake Lenexa Dam and Spillway

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

Leila's Hair Museum

Independence, Missouri

Leila's Hair Museum

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Independence Temple.

Independence, Missouri

Independence Temple

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Vaile Mansion

Independence, Missouri

Vaile Mansion

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Salvador Dali's "Easter Angel"
Permanently Closed

Kansas City, Missouri

Dalí Collection at Hallmark Visitors Center

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

Community Christian Church

Kansas City, Missouri

Community Christian Church

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Devil's Kettle.

Grand Marais, Minnesota

Devil's Kettle

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Dining room

Grand Marais, Minnesota

Naniboujou Lodge

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Point Vicente Lighthouse

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Point Vicente Lighthouse

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The Goat Canyon Trestle

San Diego County, California

Goat Canyon Trestle

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Harper's Topiary Garden

San Diego, California

Harper's Topiary Garden

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

The Girl in Red Shoes.

San Diego, California

'The Girl in Red Shoes'

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

Mushroom Beach House

San Diego, California

Mushroom Beach House

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

The Fallen Star installation is now part of the permanent collection at UCSD

San Diego, California

Fallen Star

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Abbey of New Clairvaux

Vina, California

Abbey of New Clairvaux

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Tower in Batumi, Georgia

Batumi, Georgia

Batumi Tower Ferris Wheel

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

The granaries of Soajo.

Portugal

Espigueiros do Soajo

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

The observatory stands in ruin today.

Chichen Itza, Mexico

El Caracol

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

VW Bug at the Museo Subacuático de Arte

Cancún, Mexico

Museo Subacuático de Arte

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

HOPE Outdoor Gallery

Austin, Texas

HOPE Outdoor Gallery

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

Sparky Park

Austin, Texas

Sparky Park

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Tinglewood Carvings

Montevallo, Alabama

Tinglewood Carvings

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Old Man in the Peanut Secret Hideout
Permanently Closed

Austin, Texas

The Bottle House

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

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