A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

An abstract and eyecatching clock/fountain is the centerpiece of this little-known German city.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

Constructed in 1859 as a general store and post office, the store is still used to this day and was featured in the Walking Dead series.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

New York City's first Modernist house.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.