An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.