Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

This municipal park along the Missouri River honors the galley central to the Lewis & Clark Expedition with a replica ship and sculptures.

A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

This ancient stone bridge is a hub for daredevils.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

Qshla Koya is an Ottoman fortress located on a hillock in the central quarter of Koya.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

This small patch of land is the final resting for these communication relics of the past.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

An English brewery transported to North Korea.

One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.