Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.