Places Shiv Wants to Go

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A tidal bore with its own festival.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.

Nature's slip and slide.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.

This Portuguese bullring is built right into the caldera of an island volcano.