This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

These skilfully executed, poignant works of art dot a verdant Scottish dell.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.

This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.