This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Two of the few remaining life-sized Greek bronzes were submerged in the sea for over 2,000 years.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.