A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.

This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.