This massive section of quay destroyed by an earthquake is preserved to remember the past.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

A museum run by retired highway engineers who helped rebuild after the Great Hanshin Earthquake.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.

Visitors may notice something strange walking through this quaint German town.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.