Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

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.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

An amazing example of early-20th-century architecture, this church features marble transported from Utah.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

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

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.