This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.