A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.