Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.