This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

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.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.