This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The magic's in the hole!

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

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

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.