It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

The location where the American Revolution ended.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

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

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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