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

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.