Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.