Los Angeles, California
Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
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Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Lindesnes, Norway
The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.
Tucson, Arizona
This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Tombstone, Arizona
The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.
Willcox, Arizona
Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.
Bowie, Arizona
The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.
Morenci, Arizona
The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.
Clifton, Arizona
This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.
Turku, Finland
A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.
Kuopio, Finland
A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.
Rovaniemi, Finland
Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
An unmistakable facial pareidolia in the Julian Alps also includes a fantastic tale.
Basel, Switzerland
This 42-foot tribute to the workforce still reminds us to pause and recharge.
Basel, Switzerland
The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Oulu, Finland
This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.
Tokyo, Japan
A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.
Matsumoto, Japan
This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.