This North Korean pegasus statue was built as a symbol of the speed and perseverance of North Korean workers.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

This sculpture pays homage to sailors that perished attempting to round Cape Horn.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A medieval quay that was the Mayflower's final port of call before sailing for America.

A quirky mausoleum celebrated once every five years with young dancing girls, widows, a tax man, and more.

This work of art, which took 35 years to complete, has a motorway running through it.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Napoleon’s home in exile, decorated with poisonous wallpaper.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.