City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.