This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Only six people can sit inside this delightfully quaint sanctuary.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.