A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.