One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

The unique ecosystem atop an Australian mountain is home to some colorful inhabitants.

The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.