An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

One of the largest collections of carriages, buggies, and wagons in the world.

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.