The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

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

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

The oldest house in Washington, D.C. wasn't originally constructed in the nation's capital.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.