Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.