Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

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

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

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

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

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

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

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

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

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.