This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

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

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

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

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.