This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

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

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.