This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."

The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.