Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

A palatial art deco restroom.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The Real LegoLand.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.