A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.

One of the first sewers in the Americas.

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.

These craggy limestone outcrops offer a glimpse at a unique piece of Florida geology.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

One of only two towns in Israel populated by Circassians, a sect of Sunni Muslims who are also devoted to Israeli military service.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

This 16th-century mosque is the hallmark of the African architectural legacy in India.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.