This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

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

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

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

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

World's largest Christmas store.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.