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

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

This small Australian town is considered home to the "Yowie" or the Aussie Big Foot.

The oldest European burial ground in Australia.

A nearly lost tribute to an 11-year-old boy killed during a World War I homecoming parade.

Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

New York's oldest magic store.

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