This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.