The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

An isolated village literally built into the crevices and rock formations of a mountain.

Legend says this sculpture commemorates a brave baker who rescued the city in the Thirty Years' War.

This small university museum houses a priceless collection of scientific instruments.

Most powerful transmitter in Germany only broadcasts in the French language.

Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A unique sculpture garden nestled among farm fields.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.