The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

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

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.