A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The world's longest known cave system.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

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

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.