A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

It would be a crime to miss it.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.