With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

A man's home is his castle.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.