A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

A remarkable cabinet of curiosities in an art space in the center of Berlin.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

Featuring Zürich's only authentic 14th-century plague doctor's uniform!

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.