Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.