In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

The pub has been in operation since 1819 on the banks of the Clyde.

Glasgow's own "tipsy" temperance monument.

The former home of the world-famous Templeton Carpet Factory.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

According to the local First Nations folklore, this rock was once a man.

A mysterious sculpture is hidden in Vancouver's Stanley Park.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

This sculpture garden creates a whimsical aura in an urban and wild environment.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

Dedicated to nine marines from Massachusetts who perished during the Beirut bombings.

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.