Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

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

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

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

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.