Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

Art historians have debated the identity of this medieval stone rider since the 19th century.

Jurassic Park in South Africa.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

This museum celebrates the history of Japanese advertising, from feudal business tricks to modern T.V. commercials.

From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.