This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.