The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.