After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

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

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

This statue of an eagle taking flight welcomes visitors to Langkawi.