This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.

In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.

A man's home is his castle.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.