Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

This experiment in the lifespan of seeds will take a century before it is complete.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.