Everything in this two-story house—down to the mounted deer head on the wall—was carefully crafted from concrete.

For decades, these ships have been lying in rust awaiting a final decision on their fate.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

The equator passes through this tiny island in the eastern Atlantic.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.