An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

This ultra-modern wooden boardwalk turns the ocean into a swimming pool.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.