An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

You can still see bits of the camouflage used to hide this Art Deco building from bombers during World War II.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

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