This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

This remote piece of Cape Breton coast was the unceremonious landing site of the first solo, east-west transatlantic flight made by a female aviator.

One of Canada's tiniest museums tackles the world's largest turtle.

This huge 12-foot concrete moose on the coast of Nova Scotia is the grandest of the sculptor's giant creatures.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

This former railroad bridge was named after the great river that once flowed below it.

A century-old bathhouse that provides the luxury of warm water to rural Guatemalans.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This former football stadium seems almost abandoned but is still in use by the next generation of Scottish sports stars.

The remains of an Aztec school and various intriguing artifacts lie below a modern cultural center.

The ruins of an ancient pyramid built by the mysterious Chupícuaro civilization.

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

A palace-fortress ruin in Indonesia complete with legends of two magical tigers, eight bathing angels, and a wish-granting cannon.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.