The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

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

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Museum of Fijian history, including its former tradition of cannibalism.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

In this Borneo cave, it's not the thousands of bats you need to worry about, it's the blankets of roaches.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

The centuries old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.