Island of trash twice the size of Texas floats in the Pacific.

This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.

The world's largest aggregation of great white sharks is at a mysterious spot in the middle of the ocean.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

Réunion Island's highest point is a 2 million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

The lesser-known cousin of the Great Pacific trash island.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This breathtaking island on Rwanda’s Lake Kivu is a haven for thousands of fruit bats.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.