Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Ice roads, deep holes and 3,500 pounds of diamonds.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.