On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.

Once home to the episcopal curia of the local diocese.

For more than 70 years, this small shop has been a go-to for Kolkata's fountain pen connoisseurs and collectors.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

At this unique temple in Darjeeling, Hindu and Buddhist practices co-exist harmoniously.

A state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to treating beloved birds of prey.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

A town's history displayed through a massive work of art.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

In this tiny museum, an unusually-shaped skull that some claim as evidence of extraterrestrials.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

Built some 700 years ago, this Taíno ceremonial site features ball courts, petroglyphs, and evidence of ancient astronomy practices.

One of 200 religious buildings recognized as a “culture monument.” 

In 1962, the ocean severed this peninsula—and the village that sat on it—from the Angolan mainland.

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

Deep underground, the rusting remains of a German water pumping station from World War II.

An extensive collection of some of the oldest grave markers in Lithuania.

One of the longest footbridges in Europe.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.