A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.