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

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

A sinkhole known simply as "The Hole."

Thermal springs underneath the seabed provide the heat and bubbles for these beachside natural hot tubs.

The world's longest known cave system.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

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

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.