This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

The slate extracted from these Pennsylvania quarries was once hailed as the finest in the world.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.