This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

No longer the only, but definitely the oldest, fountain in Greenland.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.