The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

Home to fossils and other specimens from the Western Interior Seaway.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.