Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

The largest model carrot in the world.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.