The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

The unexpected mascot of Shetland's capital.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.