The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

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

Historic Greenpoint theater, turned roller disco, now housing a chain pharmacy store.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

A mysterious lake provides fresh water without any source, somehow restoring itself from atop its mountaintop perch.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.