This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

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

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

This strange sculpture is an enigmatic icon of this medieval German town.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

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

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

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

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

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

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.