Giant aluminum tusks erected over the main thoroughfare to commemorate a visit by Queen Elizabeth II.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

This bullet spent 34 years lodged in the chest of Waruhiu Itote, a Mau Mau guerrilla fighter who resisted British colonial rule in the 1950s.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

A whimsical sculpture garden right out of a children's storybook.

This huge industrial sculpture looks like a UFO and a factory had a baby.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

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

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.