A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.

The second-highest train station in Europe.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.