Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.