Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.