This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

An extensive audio-only collection of cultural heritage saved from a genocide.

An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.

A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.

A young artist's storefront brings eldritch horrors to small-town America.

Malta’s largest cemetery is a Victorian-era architectural masterpiece.

An elephant is carved onto the gravestone of a man who was crushed by one.

The only known remains of an extensive Maori settlement are preserved underneath an apartment building.

Ghostly specters are said to haunt this secluded cave where a famed Wampanoag leader spent the final days of his life.

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

This statue of a deified “hag” is said to protect children from the common cold and coughing fits.

This larger-than-life lime green gummy bear sits in the middle of a roundabout in Spain.

According to local folklore, a demon left his handprints on these boulders, which became the prefecture’s namesake.

This relic is one of the last survivors of the earliest eras of the American railroad.