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Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

Water-themed sculptures guard this unusually square structure.

Don't pass Gas, stop and enjoy it.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

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

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

These towering cliffs crystalize each winter, forming sheer walls of ice that are open for climbing.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.