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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

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

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A circle stone within a stone circle.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.