The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

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

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

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

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

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

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.