The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.