Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.