What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.