An urban laboratory.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A science teacher's dream.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

The last of its kind in the country.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.