When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

Vibrant street art created with mixed media.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

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

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.