This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.