The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

A concrete Picasso in the middle of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Stockholm.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.