A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A tomb in this cemetery holds soil from every country in Latin America.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

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

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.