Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

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

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."