This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.