A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Concrete spud looks like the North American Sebago.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.