A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.

Reclaimed material from a convent destroyed by cannonfire was used to build parts of this 19th-century cemetery.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

In a Connecticut park, a statue pays tribute to the Indigenous people of this land.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

Inside this garden, visitors are offered a glimpse into how inhabitants of the region survived centuries ago.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

This scenic spot is known as the birthplace of Switzerland.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This memorial is dedicated to a once popular but now defunct discount Shrewsbury department store.