This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

Where beautiful signs live on forever.