Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.