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

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

1% of Greenland's entire population used to live in this single building, which is now slated for demolition.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.