Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

A tiny town hall—in Sweden's one-time capital—might be the smallest in Europe.

A Swedish phone box converted into an informal village library.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.