Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Home of the "true" equator.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.