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Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

Take a hike to this unique rock formation formed by lava flows.

The second-largest natural arch in the Chartreuse Mountains.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.