A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

The oldest playground in America.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

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

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.