Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.