Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

A cableway for car transport.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.