The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

A massive, secret marina for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

Mexico's first public cable car soars over the congested streets outside Mexico City.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

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

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.