A building so large that it has its own weather.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.