The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

Grand Cayman is home to a colorful sculpture garden filled with giant concrete animals.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.

A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.