This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.