First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.