Chicago, Illinois
Willis Tower Glass Platform
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
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Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
Frankfort, Kentucky
This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Richmond, Indiana
This Indiana walk of fame honors music legends with record-shaped plaques in the pavement.
Hamilton, Ohio
Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Oberwesel, Germany
Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.
Bucharest, Romania
Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Koblenz, Germany
This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.
Koblenz, Germany
Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
St. Louis, Missouri
A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.
St. Louis, Missouri
This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.
Kansas City, Missouri
This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.
St. Louis, Missouri
The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.
St. Louis, Missouri
An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.