This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.

A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

A massive, fading granite poem is all that remains of one Whitman superfan's tribute to the famous writer.

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.