A monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

More than 100 years after his death, the world's largest steer is still attracting crowds.

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

Founded by French colonists in 1919, this mountain resort has been transformed into one-of-a-kind theme park.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

The largest cluster of the Joseon dynasty’s royal tombs, home to the burial sites of 17 kings and queens.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

This Indianapolis landmark offers a secret panoramic view of the city. 

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.