A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

A mysterious, abandoned Chinese building in Mexico pays homage to the area's East Asian immigrants.

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

A cenote sitting in the middle of a parking lot shows the Yucatán Peninsula at its most urbanized.

A long and winding trail through an ancient forest of imaginative sculptures hidden behind a garden center.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

One of Canada's tiniest museums tackles the world's largest turtle.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.