This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

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

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.