A closer look at this somewhat faded hotel by the Corinth Canal reveals the architectural undertones of a genius.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

A macabre sculpture museum in the capital of Haiti fuses human bones with broken metal to create challenging contemporary art.

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.