Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.