The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.