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

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The middle finger of modernity.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.