This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.