A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.