Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Sculpture that doubles as a time capsule so that life can survive radiation outside Chernobyl.

The deepest metro station in the world.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.