A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.