Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The world's longest known cave system.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

Giant relaxing Buddha in Malaysia.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

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

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.