This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.