A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.