Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

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

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.