The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

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

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.