New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.