One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

These boots are made for selfies.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

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 strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.