This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

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.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.