This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.

Japan's iconic sci-fi hero rendered to 8-bit by notorious French street artist Invader.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

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

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

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

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.