Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Penn State's giant bug collection.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

World's largest Christmas store.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

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

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Venice's island of the dead.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.