An Ecuadorian haberdashery that sets the record straight about the so-called "Panama" hat.

After the state would not recreate this beloved rock formation, three New Hampshire brothers took things into their own hands.

Murder scene memorialized in perpetuity by grisly obelisk.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

Home of the "true" equator.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.