The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

A lasting testament to the Klondike Gold Rush.

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.