A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

A seemingly desolate park that belongs to two countries actually supports all kinds of wildlife.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.