The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

When struck, the strange stones in this park ring like bells.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

A museum in rural Queensland wrongly claims that dinosaur fossils possess evidence that the earth is only 10,000 years old.

This small museum holds a treasure trove of ceramic figures that are either a hoax or proof of dragons, aliens, and dinosaur riders.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.