Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

Statues portraying anatomical deformities were placed in this garden to foster ethical behavior.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.