The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This historic system is the zero level benchmark for measuring the depths and altitudes of the Baltic.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.