This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.