This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.