Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.