Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

This women-run eatery and cooking school is putting India's long-neglected tribal cuisines back on the menu.

A statue of Vladimir Illyich Lenin guards this abandoned building in the "Forbidden City."

This former Soviet military base has over 10 original aircraft and an enormous amount of memorabilia on display.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.