Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

Home of the first female Hungarian poet, where her secret writing lay hidden for over a century.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

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

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.