The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

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

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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