An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

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

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The world's most remote airport.