One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

Moonbows over Kentucky.