Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

The stoutest tree in the world.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.