What is the Thing?

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

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.