This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

A supersonic jet stands on a pedestal in this rural village as a monument to military aviation.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

A graveyard of old and rare planes that once were the glory of Persian aviation.

A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.

An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

This massive piece of aviation history calls this residential neighborhood home.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

Tucked inside a South Bank bar is an epic expressionist chronicle of the 20th century.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

One of the oldest adobe structures in Northern California.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.