These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.