This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

A local prank turned town icon.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.