This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

The deepest metro station in the world.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.