The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

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

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.