Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

A different kind of swan princess.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 statue was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

A former nuclear facility during the Cold War turned nature preserve.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.