Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

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

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

An unexpected connection to Chicago awaits visitors on an island just off the California coast.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.