It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The magic's in the hole!

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

What better place to take a seat?

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.