The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.