Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

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

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.