A stone face watches over the river.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

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

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

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.