Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

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

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

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

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

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.