A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.