This 1st-century CE Roman bath sits under a carpark.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

More than 100 years after his death, the world's largest steer is still attracting crowds.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.