Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.