A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

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

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Underneath the well-known Lindenhof hides a secret cellar documenting Zurich's early history.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

A different kind of swan princess.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.