A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

This Metabolist, retro-futuristic residential complex resembles a cyberpunk space colony established on Earth.

Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.

On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

This medieval church is the only one in the world that features all Marc Chagall stained-glass windows.

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

If you like Art Deco you will love this bridge.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

This store offers tastes of Aboriginal Australia, with some contemporary and global twists.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Queensland's largest dam includes a winding spillway that offers drivers a mesmerizing sight.

On a picturesque lake island, a massive, “broken” crucifixion has become a popular pilgrimage destination.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.