The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.