A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The magic's in the hole!

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.