This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

At this concrete bunker on the Trondheim fjord, secrets lie above and below the water's surface.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Taken as a war trophy in 1739, this Portuguese bell now hangs in an ancient Hindu temple.

A riverside mansion built in the 1770s still stands near the town of Wai.

This fortress played a key role in the battle that would ultimately give rise to the Maratha Empire.

This ancient fortress was once the setting for a strange battle won with the help of a lizard.

An eighth-century rock-cut cave temple in the middle of Pune.

Believed to be the largest Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan.

A peaceful lake garden and nature reserve in the middle of a residential colony in Pune.

An ancient temple in the middle of a residential neighborhood encapsulated by a beautiful tree.

Natural walking trails around this abandoned hilltop stone quarry offer nature enthusiasts fantastic views of the city.