This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

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

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

Visit a haunted Mughal mosque and the tomb of a Sufi saint and his disciple.

A favorite haunt of Delhi's politicos and intellectuals, this old-school coffee shop was shut down under Indira Gandhi's Emergency.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

The Kaveri River cuts through the rocky terrain then drops off to form these misty falls.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.