A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

Prior to modern plumbing, some toilets were in tall towers perched over rivers.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

A colossal gold-dredging machine from the Klondike mining boom, now open to tours.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

This North Korean pegasus statue was built as a symbol of the speed and perseverance of North Korean workers.

Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.

Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph is the second tallest triumphal arch in the world.

A former palace transformed into a mausoleum for North Korea's supreme leaders.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.