A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

Large World War II gun emplacements and tunnel systems remain hidden near a remote end of Waiheke Island.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

A mosaic armchair and ottoman built from china broken in the Christchurch earthquakes.

A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

A statue of a Scottish cultural icon in central Sydney.

A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

The first military newspaper in U.S. history was printed in Bloomfield, Missouri.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

The only mill in the state that features a covered bridge.

A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

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

Sharing the often-overlooked story of America's Black soldiers.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.