A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

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

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.