An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

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 prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.