One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.