Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

A building made mostly of cast iron features a 1:45 scale lego model of its self.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

This storied spot with a vintage Art Deco vibe has been serving Coney Island-style hot dogs for over 100 years

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Order the extra snappy, steamed hot dogs at this fourth-generation-run New England diner.

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.