Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution.

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

Thousands of Haitians travel to the waterfalls to ask the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and her voodoo counterpart Erzulie for healing in a yearly pilgrimage.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.