The Genghis Khan monument in Mongolia features the world's tallest equestrian statue. A lift takes visitors to the horse's head.
A world record holding limbo dancer gave passengers waiting for a flight at the Philadelphia airport some free entertainment this week when she scooted under a bench at a terminal. Shemika Charles, who goes by "The Limbo Queen," had a layover in Philadelphia on her way to a scheduled performance at a basketball game in Wisconsin.
Vietnamese artist Quoc Co Giang and his brother Quoc Nghiep Giang try to break the Guinness World Record by climbing stairs with one carrying the other on head-to-head balancing at the Cathedral of Girona on Dec. 22. The Giang brothers broke the record with 90 stairs in 52 seconds.
Professional slackliner Lukas Irmler lays down on a rope with a 1,316ft drop below to the Hunlen Falls in Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park Canada, British Columbia, the world's highest freefalling waterfall. The German has been travelling the globe slacklining since 2006 and holds two Guinness World Record titles for his daredevil stunts.