This little museum is packed with information about the region's past and present biodiversity.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

This memorial to a family's dead son has survived a century of hurricanes and earthquakes.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

Thousands of objects tell the story of a city famous for its tobacco.

This portrait of Philip V is always hung upside down, in a protest three centuries in the making.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

A graveyard of old and rare planes that once were the glory of Persian aviation.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.

Greenland's first shopping mall also hosts the country's government.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A tribute to the creator of the present day Hindu number system.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.