The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Berlin's old airport.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

Art and a pun, all in one.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.