This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

This remote piece of Cape Breton coast was the unceremonious landing site of the first solo, east-west transatlantic flight made by a female aviator.

A crescent of 12 simple statues poised on a small windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland.

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

New Brunswick's tallest mountain is the highest point in all the Maritimes.

A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

This stone commemorates the island's launch into international aviation.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

An ornate tomb pays tribute to one of the most influential and cherished military leaders in Vietnam's history.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.