A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

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

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.