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

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

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

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

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

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.