“And the Lord said unto Johan, build for thee an ark for the end of the world is approaching.”

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

This recreated Roman outpost stands above its buried predecessor.

Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

This colossal hiking boot, once built for a scout jamboree, serves as an observation tower and barbecue area.

This enchanting spring, steeped in local lore and a touch of royal history, was said to be the place where newborns were collected, rather than being delivered by storks.

This fake airfield was built as a decoy to protect a real airport from the Allied Forces.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Archaeologists believe this panel of petroglyphs depicting descending sheep and other figures in Glen Canyon are 3,000 to 6,000 years old.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

Thought to be the only herd of feral horses in Africa and one of the most isolated populations in the world.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.