Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.