Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The magic's in the hole!

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

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

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.