Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.