Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

Still standing despite its considerable slant, this tilted lighthouse has become a local symbol of resilience.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.