The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.

This site commemorates the birthplace of the game of basketball, invented by James Naismith in the winter of 1891.

The Reagan Peace Garden at Eureka College features a chunk of the Berlin Wall.

An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

This unique museum focuses on the Siege of Sarajevo through children's eyes.

This mysterious tower is said to enshrine a dormant seven-headed serpent that once protected Vientiane from destruction.

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

Designed by the company that provided water to the entire community.

A fibreglass sculpture of a whale shark on the grounds of a petrol station.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

A former travertine mine traces the geological history of this unique desert filled with crystalline blue pools.

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

This lighthouse sits within a glacial valley.