According to a plaque at this memorial, "he could swim, but his horse could not."

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

Millions of pieces of Venetian glass showcase the life of Christ.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

One of America's oldest stadiums was also the site of one of the most brutal anti-labor acts in American history.

These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.