This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

This city's cultural center is in a restored Spanish colonial home from the 1800s.

A bright, colorful telling of the history of Mexico's youngest state.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

It's a unique monument honoring a great character who inspired a generation of young women to be more and pursue their dreams.

This museum, established in Butte's lost Chinatown, celebrates Asian-American culture in what was once the world's largest mining camp.

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.

This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.