A lively circle of dancers in the Georgian capital commemorates an ancient rite of spring.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

This monument honors a true hero dog.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

An abandoned monument remembering the "Pančevo Holocaust" now stands as a shadow of its former self.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

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

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.