First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

A big museum full of little worlds.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

The magic's in the hole!

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.