Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.