This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The former Field Marshall and Minister of War to the Russian Imperial Army.

Tel Aviv's popular neighborhood went though endless waves of transformation.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

An art museum inside an active factory.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.