Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

A large visitor's complex and place of remembrance on the outskirts of the DMZ.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.