This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The world's largest rotating world.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

The first hospital in the New World.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.