The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The historic home of the pivotal political activist who led the Métis people in rebellion against the Canadian government.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This historic rec center in the heart of Israel is a bastion of peace and togetherness.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.