Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

Step back in time at this 19th-century kiosk.

This dais was said to be a remote toilet built for the convenience of the British Royal Party on their brief, and only, visit to this small African nation in 1947. But is the story true?

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.