The middle finger of modernity.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.