The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

A park dedicated to the titular writer filled with references to his work.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

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

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 1521

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

A church made of steel.

The cemetery was built for the Spanish colonial elite, but its most famous residents were all buried in unmarked graves.

This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.

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

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.