The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Located inside Hoge Veluwe National Park, this museum began as the private collection of a prominent female art collector.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.