This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Concerned residents saved this historic house and garden from demolition.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

The official motto of Luxembourg reminds passersby of the Luxembourgish commitment to their national identity and sovereignty.

Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

A rooftop mascot for a vintage Tiki Bar and Restaurant has a varied and interesting history

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

A mysterious sculpture is hidden in Vancouver's Stanley Park.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.