A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

This seemingly random 30-foot statue of an oryx in Qatar's capital was a mascot for the 2006 Asian Games.

Fourteen sculptures showing the development of a fetus stand outside a hospital for women and children.

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

A superb spot to appreciate the traditional boats of the Indian Ocean.

The enormous diamond-shaped building packs a trove of academic and literary treasures into one futuristic space.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

Some of the ancient-looking huts among these strange rock formations aren't ancient at all, but built as part of a movie set.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

Robot jockeys ride their humped mounts to victory as part of a 21st-century twist on an ancient desert sport.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.