A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

The great Danube river starts here.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.