Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

Home of the "true" equator.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.