The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

An unsigned roadside spring that is pure fun.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.