A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

The remains of an abandoned air force hospital located on a redeveloped Air Force base.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.