A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

Dedicated to a strange, local cryptid beloved by all.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

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

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

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

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

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

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.