A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

Several 12th-century ruins can be found inside this historical market.

During the renovation of this bas-relief, the constructors added one unusual element.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

A secluded oasis of contemporary art and natural beauty.

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.