This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

This ancient Roman arch misled treasure hunters for centuries.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.