One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

One of America's oldest stadiums was also the site of one of the most brutal anti-labor acts in American history.

These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

A comprehensive collection of toy and model trains, largely from the mid-20th century.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

A centuries-old olive tree thrives in a small botanical garden.

One of the best examples of Modernist religious architecture in Mexico City.

The largest mural in the world painted by a single artist.

A giant chain sculpture that plays on the Māori myth that Rakiura (Stewart Island) is an anchor stone chained to the South Island.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.