These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

Malaysia's floating mosque.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

A timber transport car and a team of horses were needed to carry this lookout to the top of Mount Tarrengower in the 1920s.

Direct access to a gold mine showing the boom and bust of Australia's Victorian gold rush.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.