Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.

These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

This 1939 grave of a British soldier now receives legions of unlikely visitors.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

One of the world's largest shopping malls covers an area of 15 million square feet—and it's still set to grow.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.

Legend says lovers who hold hands while venturing along this stone jetty and kiss at the end will remain together forever.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.