A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.