Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.