Seemingly straight out of a fairy tale, a steel chair sits on a tiny island only accessible by stepping stones.

An amazing model of a whale's jaw bone pays homage to the region's seafaring traditions.

The departure point for the first return flight across the Atlantic.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

This interactive sculpture allows visitors to leave a message in case a friend passes by.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

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

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

The original attack periscope from a 1940s navy submarine towers high at this memorial site.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.