The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".

A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.