Two Chinese dragons guard the caves of this medieval temple in Iran.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

Inside this metro station is a section of the city's former medieval fortification.

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

An art installation memorializing a tram stop, which became a tram stop.

A memorial to the thousands of Turkmen soldiers and civilians who died in a bloody 1881 battle.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

This colorfully-painted tunnel links two distinct parts of a historic neighborhood.

A giant yellow phallus sculpture hidden in the gardens of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

A huge teapot illuminates a home for the elderly.

An early 19th-century English style garden hidden in the Rotterdam cityscape.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

The first version of this stalwart construction appeared around 3,000 years ago.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.