One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

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

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

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