The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This frescoed ancient burial mound is a colorful window into China’s influence in early Japan.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

A small town lost in the mountains of southern Italy hosts the childhood home of one of the most famous saints of the 20th century.

A unique collection of Swiss art brut and naïve art displayed in an old warehouse.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This giant metal cross perched atop a mountain can only be reached by foot.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

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

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

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

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.