The middle finger of modernity.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.

The Russians still use the transmitter Nazis built during World War II to communicate with submarines.

Slather on the history at an exhibition dedicated to this Russian luxury.

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

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

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.