Originally posted by Polaris:

For actual points of interest, I wouldn't mind finding the remains of an old dock :D

I thought the swamp homes sometimes had a bit of a dock? Ill see if I can get a pic if I run across one. It could just be a 'walkway' near water, sometimes its hard to guess what they were thinking, most of the prefab buildings are weirdly designed.

Also I do apologize for the derail, at least a little.

More seriously, anything unique is fun to find.
a few ideas..
- abandoned farmland with seed crops appropriate to the zone (eg, like the 'tame' berries in home areas, a plot with a few carrots)
- things you can interact with. maybe a monument or alter for thor/loki/something
- maybe a ghost ship, out on the seas that you have to chase down and board, fight off skeletons and loot the hold..
as I said, anything unique is cool though. It gives you that reason to explore a bit more and breaks up the monotony of zones you have surpassed. More is better.