This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

Perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints, with a little help from Paris.

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

The only international border marker within the United States.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

A former palace transformed into a mausoleum for North Korea's supreme leaders.