Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.