A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

The world's tallest carillon is located at the top of this skyscraper in Mexico City.

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

An inland seafood emporium makes more sense than you'd think.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

Australia's first opal field led to a mining rush in the 1890s.

The point where New South Wales meets Queensland and South Australia.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

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

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This small stone hut was once home to a gold prospector and his family.

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

One of the iconic moai of Rapa Nui stands guard in Lyall Bay as a symbol of the friendship between New Zealand and Chile.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.