Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.