Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.