Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

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

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.