Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

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

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.