A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'