Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.