A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.