The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

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

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."