Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.