The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

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

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

Four antique Baldwin trains are kept on display in the Mal Tiempo train depot.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.