Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.