255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.