Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

The most accurate timepiece in the world.