This very ornate Victorian gateway seems completely out of place in the modern industrial city of Warrington.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

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

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

The house in the middle of the motorway.

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

Hidden behind an industrial area, this is one of the very few such transporter bridges in existence.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This ancient abbey now lies in majestic ruin behind a caravan park.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.