A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Picturesque basketball courts sheltered by historical defensive walls and with an enviable sea view.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The smallest country in the world.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.