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

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The magic's in the hole!

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.