This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.