This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.