When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

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

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

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

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.