Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

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

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

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

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

The massive Roman arch in New Hampshire that was meant to be a tomb.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

This unusual building straddles two countries.