Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.