The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

The largest model carrot in the world.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

A stunning architectural yet functional feat, towering over Oslo.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.