Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

This former factory has deep ties to rubber production in Akron.

What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

Small Chinese fishing village impeccably maintained for visitors.

A labyrinth of clothing, electronics, and other counterfeit items.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.

The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

An obelisk marks the exact center of the continent, as per the calculations of the legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

This disputed mass of ice is home to the highest battleground on Earth.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

The country’s first escalator is located in department store filled with batiks and beautiful Indonesian products.

A neglected spomenik overlooking the beautiful Kopaonik Mountains.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.