This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.