It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This is one really big nut.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This abandoned bunker looks out over the Atlantic from its clifftop perch.

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

Thousands of colorful pirogues showcase ingenious craftsmanship at the largest fishermen port in Nouakchott.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.