This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.