A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

This Bronze Age man spent millennia buried in a mine, giving his bones an eerie hue.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

Legend has it this historic port was a popular hideout and smuggling spot for pirates.

Morocco’s modern capital was once a haven for Barbary pirates, who went so far as to establish a republic of their own.