A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.