At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The magic's in the hole!

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.