A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Military and first responders can test their skills in a Foggy Bottom mock station down in Georgia.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

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

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.