This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A journey to a hand-crafted island involves a trip across this lattice bridge.

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.