The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.

The only land territory disputed between the U.S. and Canada.

This seemingly random 30-foot statue of an oryx in Qatar's capital was a mascot for the 2006 Asian Games.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.