The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This amazing mountain temple is topped by one of the tallest sitting Buddha statues in the world.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

These boots are made for selfies.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Yo, Adrian!

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

One-room museum dedicated to India's most enigmatic mathematician.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

The place where World War I began.