A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

One of the world's largest pianos is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'