A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.