Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."

The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.