The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

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 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.

This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.