Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

This striking otherworldly landscape outside Angola's capital city is the product of millions of years of erosion.

This mosque is an enduring symbol of Central African Republic's rich Muslim heritage.

Amidst political unrest, this Roman Catholic Cathedral has helped organize peace talks.

Also known as the Limete Tower, la Tour de l'Échangeur can be seen from almost everywhere in Kinshasa.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

From a distance, Latin America's first Baha'i Temple looks like an enormous egg perched atop a hill.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.