The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.