Moscow, Russia
Hotel Ukraina
The tallest hotel in Europe.
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Moscow, Russia
The tallest hotel in Europe.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.
Lemon Grove, California
The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.
San Diego, California
Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.
San Diego, California
North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.
Denver, Colorado
A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.
Mexico City, Mexico
The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.