The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

This road earned its macabre nickname after hundreds of Iraqi troops died along it in 1991.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

A shrine on the shores of the Tigris.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

The 606 is a decade in the making.