The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.