A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.