New York's oldest magic store.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.