The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Venice's island of the dead.

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

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

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.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

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

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

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.