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

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.