This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

This sprawling, formerly elite sporting complex in Amman, Jordan has become a local picnic spot.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.