This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Serbia's master of striking memorials erected a forgotten, hidden gem in the hills outside a tiny village.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.

A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.