Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

This incredible narrow-gauge mountain railway was created by a ceramic artist.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.

This sculpture is dedicated to Minnesota natives who served in combat.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.

The Real LegoLand.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A nearly 25-foot concrete sculpture of Sylvette, Picasso's muse.

An art installation memorializing a tram stop, which became a tram stop.