The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

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

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.