The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

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

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.