Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.