The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

A sandstone block marks the alleged spot where the legendary writer was conceived.

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.