Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

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

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Another beautiful spot in the hidden universe of Eames Demetrios.

An angel that hatched from an egg!

Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.

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

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

A private garden of sculptural eccentricities.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

This public amphitheater was once a key part of Monaco’s defense strategy.

One of only a few red brick buildings in Nice.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.