A stunning architectural yet functional feat, towering over Oslo.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

An endless sea of white conical domes.

A pristine wildlife habitat against the backdrop of skyscrapers, nicknamed "The World’s Wildlife Capital"

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

Few remain of these distinctive old trees that once served as natural landmarks for travelers on the road.

Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

This striking otherworldly landscape outside Angola's capital city is the product of millions of years of erosion.

This mosque is an enduring symbol of Central African Republic's rich Muslim heritage.

Amidst political unrest, this Roman Catholic Cathedral has helped organize peace talks.

Also known as the Limete Tower, la Tour de l'Échangeur can be seen from almost everywhere in Kinshasa.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.