A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Plagued by riots, celebrity injuries and a tragic death, this amusement park has been demolished.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A small Australian farmhouse became an international icon after appearing on a Midnight Oil album cover.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

The cursed island of black pebbles.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.