This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.