This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

A quirky hardware store filled with museum-worthy cars and motorcycles, including a motorcycle that set a land speed record in 1967.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

An unusual snaking bank of boulders caused by longshore drift.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.