Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

In this Romani neighborhood lies a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Roma.

A massive collection of petroglyphs dating back some 40,000 years.

A colorful and enigmatic cemetery in the middle of nowhere.

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

After being destroyed by two separate fires, this monastery is now home to a small zoo and relics from dozens of saints.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

This colorful and quirky set of pegasus sculptures celebrate the works of poet Zbigniew Herbert.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.