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

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.