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A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.