This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

The enormous diamond-shaped building packs a trove of academic and literary treasures into one futuristic space.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.