Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.