This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

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

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

It's home to the antenna that received the first images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This fortress in Honduras was built to resist pirates, but its builders had more to fear from the British.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.