The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.