Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

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

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

A glowing underwater cliff attracts marine life and divers in equal measure.

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

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.