A huge teapot illuminates a home for the elderly.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.