This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.