Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

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

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.