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

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.

On this Polish road, an optical illusion makes cars seem to roll uphill.

This now-defunct synthetic fuel plant was once a major cog in the Nazi war machine.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

An underground city of salt.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

In this town's main square resides a statue of none other than the 43rd President of the United States.