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Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

The monument honors the mountaineers who were part of Europe’s best anti-Nazi forces.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

This medieval church in a small Austrian village is home to a 700-year-old Mickey Mouse lookalike.

An unofficial monument to the late King of Pop sits at the base of a Renaissance composer's statue

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This 19th century cotton-gin factory has been repurposed into an artist space and cultural center, complete with goats.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

At this historic Huntington diner, a century of stories hovers over every booth.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

An equine tribute in a charming Southern city that calls itself "The Horse Capital of the World."

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.