When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

It's said this geological anomaly was caused when the Devil took a bite out of the Irish mountainside.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

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

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.