Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

Spain's largest bullring offers a unique glimpse at architecture and history.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

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

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.