The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

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

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

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

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.