This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

More than a millennium's worth of municipal records preserve the political history of Austria.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

The first modernist church in Europe.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

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

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

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