After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.