Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.